📚 Part 1: Story Problems

1. Sarah finds 3 nests in a tree. Each nest has 4 baby birds. How many baby birds are there altogether?

Draw the groups:

Write the multiplication sentence: _______ × _______ = _______

2. At the school fair, there are 5 tables. Each table has 6 cupcakes. How many cupcakes are there in total?

Show your work with counters or drawings:

Multiplication sentence: _______ groups of _______ = _______

3. A farmer has 4 paddocks. In each paddock, there are 7 sheep. How many sheep does the farmer have?

4 + 7 = 11

4 × 7 = 28

7 - 4 = 3

4 ÷ 7 = 0

🎯 Part 2: Creating Arrays

4. Draw an array to show 3 rows of 5 flowers. Then write the multiplication sentence.

Multiplication sentence: _______ × _______ = _______

5. Look at this story: "The library has 6 shelves. Each shelf has 3 books." Which array matches this story?

3 rows of 6 objects

6 rows of 3 objects

9 objects in one row

2 rows of 9 objects

6. Complete the story: "There are _____ groups of _____ marbles, which equals _____ marbles altogether."

Use this multiplication fact: 4 × 5 = 20

✏️ Part 3: Multiplication Language

7. Match the correct multiplication language. Draw lines to connect them.

2 × 8

5 × 3

4 × 6

4 groups of 6

2 groups of 8

5 groups of 3

8. Write your own multiplication story using the number sentence 3 × 4 = 12.

9. Circle the words that describe multiplication:

groups of

times

take away

equal groups

share equally

multiply

Multiplication Through Stories

Multiplication Through Stories

📚 Part 1: Story Problems

🎯 Part 2: Creating Arrays

✏️ Part 3: Multiplication Language

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