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Multiplication Unit Concepts

Use this document to help you study for the upcoming Multiplication Unit test, scheduled for December 15. Look at each
concept listed, the example or definition, and decide if you understand the concept and can easily apply it in solving
multiplication problems. In the column on the right, give an example of how you studied to master this concept.

Do I know
Example(s) I studied
(how to
Concept Example
apply)
(what I did to master this concept)
this?
Vocabulary: factor, product, 4 x 5 = 20 List factors of 20:
multiple Factor(s) are:
Product is: List multiples of 20:
Multiple is:
Other multiples of the factors
are:
Improve fact fluency and 6x1 to 6x12; 30 problems in I went onto multiplication.com and played
accuracy: 6’s facts, 7’s 1 minute games; I worked on the fact packet and
facts, 8’s facts, and 9’s facts. completed _____ pages
Fact fluency test: complete 3 x 3 to 9 x 9
30 problems in 1 minute
Commutative property of order doesn’t matter:
multiplication axb=bxa

Associative property of grouping doesn’t matter:

multiplication a x (b x c) = (a x b) x c

Distributive property of 2 x 35 = (2 x 30) + (2 x 5)

multiplication
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Zero property of nx0=0

multiplication

Identity property of 1xn=n

multiplication

Use mental math, 40 x 500 = 20,000

multiplication properties, and
patterns to solve 210 x 3 = 600 + 30 = 630
multiplication problems
Estimate solutions to
multiplication problems to 479 x 392 ≈ 200,000
identify REASONABLE
answers using rounding (show how you changed the
numbers…)
1 digit x 4 digit multiplication
problems with regrouping 4,567
required x 8

2 - 3 digit x 4 digit
multiplication problems, $34.95
including problems with x 27
decimals

2 digit x 4 digit problems

with zeros in the multiplicand 5,009
x 34
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Multiply with decimals;
where to place the decimal
in the product
Solve word problems
involving multiplication, and
recognize the key words
indicating the use of
multiplication as the
operation. Use the 4-step
USPC problem-solving
approach
Write word problems that
correspond to a
multiplication sentence.
Evaluate problems using the
order of operations
Solve basic algebraic
equations involving
multiplication (solve for the
missing variable)
52.1
x 8
Meghan bought 12
packages of silly bands.
Each package had 7 bands.
How many silly bands did
Meghan buy?
What I know:
What I need to find out:
My strategy:
The operation I need:
Solve and Check:
Restate answer in a
sentence and label all
answers
7 x 8 = 56: A bakery made 7
trays of cupcakes. There
were 8 cupcakes on each
tray. How many cupcakes
did the bakery make in all?
52 + 8 * 7 – (21 ÷ 7)
6 x n = 48
n=8
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Know the symbols and 6xn

different representations for 6n
multiplication 6•n
6*n
Use multiplication to solve 3, 9, 27, _____, _____
geometric patterns Identify the next 2 terms in
the pattern, and state the
rule

I studied for ___________________________________(how long) for the multiplication test.

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