Standards Mastery Sessions:

Understanding Multiplication

3.OA.1.1: Interpret the products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret as the total number of
objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
How will this standard look on FSA?
 Session 1
Objective: I can represent multiplication using rows and
columns.

1. Review Concept
2. Practice Together
3. Practice Alone
4. Crush the Test!
 Session 1: Review Concept

• How many guitars are below?

15
 Session 1: Review Concept

• A row is the horizontal component of a given table

How many rows are present?

3 Rows
 Session 1: Review Concept

• A column is the vertical component of a given table

How many columns are present?

5 Columns
 Session 1: Review Concept

• We can look at this table in two ways.

How many guitars are in 1 row?

5 Guitars
 Session 1: Review Concept

• We can look at this table in two ways.

How many guitars are in 1

column?

3 Guitars
 Session 1: Review Concept

• We can look at this table in two ways.

This table can be read as:

• 3 groups of 5
or
• 5 groups of 3
 Session 1: Review Concept
• The total amount of guitars can be determined by finding the product.

If there are 3 groups of 5, how

many guitars are there?

15 Guitars
 Session 1: Review Concept
• The total amount of guitars can be determined by finding the product.

If there are 5 groups of 3, how

many guitars are there?

15 Guitars
 Session 1: Review Concept
• The total amount of guitars can be determined by finding the product.

How can this be written as a

multiplication sentence?

• 3x5
or
• 5x3
 Session 1: Practice Together
Which expression is represented by the model shown below?

4×9 36 × 4

9 ÷ 36
9÷ 4
 Session 1: Practice Together
An array is shown below. Which equation represents the total number of
objects as a product?

3+ 4=7 3 × 4=12

1 × 4=12
12 − 4=8
 Session 1: Practice Alone
Kamari created an array using pattern blocks. He used the equation to
describe his array. Complete the following statements.

There are ______Arows of triangles with _____ trianglesBin each row. Kamari
C
used ____ total triangles in his array.
A B C
 Session 1: Crush the Test
Aunt Mae plants 20 flowers. She uses the expression to represent her flower garden.
Which of the following best represents her expression?

2 rows of 10 flowers each with a 2 rows of 20 flowers each with a

total of 20 flowers total of 40 flowers

10 rows of 2 flowers each with a

10 rows of 20 flowers each with a
total of 40 flowers
total of 30 flowers
 Session 2
Objective: I can interpret products of whole numbers in a real-
world context

1. Review Concept
2. Practice Together
3. Practice Alone
4. Crush the Test!
 Session 2: Review Concept

Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden. Which sentence could Mary use to
describe how the flowers were planted?

A. Tom planted 24 rows of 24 flowers

B. Tom planted 4 rows of 24 flowers
C. Tom planted 40 rows of 8 flowers
D. Tom planted 8 rows of 6 flowers
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

First, let’s draw the rectangular-shaped garden

 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

Let’s start adding 48 flowers into the garden

 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

How many rows of flowers are there?

3
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

How many flowers are in each row?

16
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

How many columns of flowers are there?

16
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

How many flowers are there per column?

3
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

This could be expressed as 3 rows of 16 flowers or 16 columns of 3 flowers.

 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

This could be expressed as 3 rows of 16 flowers or 16 columns of 3 flowers.

 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

Let’s look at each multiple-choice option.

Tom planted 24 rows of 24 flowers

If Tom planted 24 rows of 24 flowers it would be 24 x 24. Would that equal 48?

No, 24 + 24 = 48
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

Let’s look at each multiple-choice option.

Tom planted 4 rows of 24 flowers

If Tom planted 4 rows of 24 flowers it would be 4 x 24. Would that equal 48?

24 x 4= 24+24+24+24= 96
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

Let’s look at each multiple-choice option.

Tom planted 40 rows of 8 flowers

If Tom planted 40 rows of 8 flowers it would be 40 x 8. Would that equal 48?

40 x 8= 40+40+40+40+40+40+40+40= 320
 Session 2: Review Concept
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in a rectangular-shaped garden.

Let’s look at each multiple-choice option.

Tom planted 8 rows of 6 flowers

If Tom planted 8 rows of 6 flowers it would be 8 x 6. Would that equal 48?

8x6= 8+8+8+8+8+8=48
 Session 2: Practice Together
Which two statements can be represented by the expression ?

A teacher puts 8 chairs at each of 4 tables

Tom buys 4 red markers and 8 black markers

Marie shares her 8 marbles equally among 4 friends

There are 4 rows of flowers. There are 8 flowers in each row.

There are 8 ducks in the pond. Then, 4 more ducks join them.
 Session 2: Practice Alone
Which groupings represent 36 apples placed equally into baskets?

6 apples in 4 baskets

6 apples in 6 baskets

7 apples in 4 baskets

8 apples in 3 baskets

9 apples in 4 baskets
 Session 2: Practice Alone
Which problem can be solved using the expression 3 x 4?

A house has 3 rooms on the first floor and 4 rooms on the second floor. How many
total rooms does the house have?

A group of 4 friends share 3 large pizzas. How much pizza does each friend get?

A shopping center has 3 floors and each floor has 4 stores. How many total stores
does the shopping center have?

A group of friend spend $4 on French fries and $3 on drinks. How much do they
spend on food and drinks?
 Session 2: Practice Alone
Which groupings represents the product of 16?

4 groups with 4 objects each

4 groups with 7 objects each

6 groups with 4 objects each

8 groups with 8 objects each

 Session 2: Crush the Test
Mrs. Tate arranges 24 desks into rows. Each row has the same number of desks. Select
the answer that shows a way she could arrange all of the desks into rows.

Number of Number of desks in each

rows row

6
 Session 3
Objective: I can interpret products of whole numbers

1. Review Concept
2. Practice Together
3. Practice Alone
4. Crush the Test!
 Session 2: Practice Together
Ahmad has 36 pieces of candy. He wants to give an equal amount to each of his friends. Which sentence(s)
could Ahmad use to describe how the candy was distributed?

Ahmad gave 3 pieces of candy to each of his 6 friends

Ahmad gave 6 pieces of candy to each of his 6 friends

Ahmad gave 9 pieces of candy to each of his 4 friends

Ahmad gave 30 pieces of candy to each of his 6 friends

Ahmad gave 4 pieces of candy to each of his 9 friends

 Session 2: Practice Together
Trent has 30 cookies to place on an equal number of trays. Which of the following is a
possible way the cookies were arranged?

He placed 6 cookies on each of the 5 trays

He placed 0 cookies on each of the 30 trays

He placed 10 cookies on each of the 30 trays

He placed 15 cookies on each of the 15 trays

 Session 3: Practice Together
Pam plants 24 seeds in her garden. She puts an equal amount of seeds in each row. For each
box, fill in the bubble before the number that is correct.

A 4
A 2
Pam placed seeds in each of the B 6 rows.
B 6
C 10
C 8
 Session 3: Practice Alone
Which context represents the equation 10 x 6 = 60?

Tom invites 10 friends to his birthday part on Monday and 6 on Tuesday. How many friends
are invited to the party?

Tom has 60 toys to clean up. He separates the toys into 10 baskets. How many toys are in
each basket?

Tom walks 10 laps around the track. Each lap take 6 minutes. How much time does it take
Tom to walk 10 laps?

Tom has 60 snacks to share. He gives 10 to his friend. How many snacks does he have left?
 Session 3: Crush the Test
A school librarian has received the following new books to display. Select all the statements that she can
use to describe the arrangement of the total number of new books.

She can display 3 books each on 4 shelves

She can display 4 books each on 4 shelves

She can display 4 books each on 3 shelves

She can display 5 books each on 2 shelves

She can display 6 books each on 2 shelves

 Session 3: Crush the Test
At the beach in Key Largo, Diana saw 10 dolphins each day for 7 days.

Which of the following could be used to find the total number of dolphins Diana saw?

10 + 7

10 - 7

10 x 7

10 ÷ 7