📊 Part 1: Understanding Arrays

1. Look at this array: ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●

Which multiplication sentence matches this array?

3 × 4 = 12

4 × 3 = 12

2 × 6 = 12

Both A and B are correct

2. An array has 5 rows and 3 columns. How many objects are there in total?

8

15

53

35

3. Which of these could represent the same array? (Check all that apply)

2 × 6

6 × 2

3 × 4

4 × 3

✏️ Part 2: Creating Arrays

4. Draw an array to show 4 × 5 in the box below. Then write the total.

4 × 5 = _______

5. Create an array for 3 × 6. Draw it in the space below.

My array shows _____ rows of _____ objects = _____ total objects.

6. Look at your array from question 5. Write a different multiplication sentence that shows the same array:

7. Complete these multiplication sentences by counting the arrays:

a) An array with 2 rows of 8 objects: _____ × _____ = _____

b) An array with 7 columns of 3 objects: _____ × _____ = _____

🎯 Part 3: Problem Solving

8. Sarah arranges her stickers in an array with 4 rows and 6 columns. How many stickers does she have altogether? Show your working.

9. Tom wants to arrange 20 counters in an array. Draw two different arrays he could make and write the multiplication sentences.

Array 1: _____ × _____ = 20

Array 2: _____ × _____ = 20

10. Explain in your own words: How does an array help you understand multiplication?

Arrays and Area Models

Arrays and Area Models

📊 Part 1: Understanding Arrays

✏️ Part 2: Creating Arrays

🎯 Part 3: Problem Solving

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