Curriculum placement

Grade 3. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.

Multiplication as equal groups

Represent equal groups with multiplication

Problem types

Count equal trays
Use zero and one groups

Builds on

Rectangular arrays
Addition and subtraction facts · Useful idea
Repeated addition of equal groups gives a multiplication total, so fluent sums make equal-group totals easier.

Leads to

Related skills

Measuring area by counting squares · Shared foundations

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