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Multiplication Strategies Worksheet

Multiplication Strategies Worksheet

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🔢 Part 1: Doubling Strategy

1. Use the doubling strategy to solve these problems. Show your working.

Example: 6 × 4 = (6 × 2) × 2 = 12 × 2 = 24

a) 8 × 4 = ___________
b) 7 × 6 = ___________
c) 9 × 8 = ___________

🎯 Part 2: Factors of Ten Strategy

2. Use factors of ten to make these multiplications easier. Show your working.

Example: 25 × 4 = 25 × (10 ÷ 2.5) = (25 × 10) ÷ 2.5 = 100

Or: 25 × 4 = (20 + 5) × 4 = (20 × 4) + (5 × 4) = 80 + 20 = 100

a) 15 × 4 = ___________
b) 35 × 2 = ___________
c) 45 × 2 = ___________

✂️ Part 3: Partitioning Strategy

3. Break apart these numbers to make multiplication easier. Show your working.

Example: 23 × 4 = (20 + 3) × 4 = (20 × 4) + (3 × 4) = 80 + 12 = 92

a) 34 × 3 = ___________
b) 26 × 5 = ___________
c) 48 × 3 = ___________

🧠 Part 4: Choose Your Strategy

4. For each problem, choose the best strategy and solve. Circle which strategy you used.
a) 16 × 5 = ___________

Doubling

Factors of Ten

Partitioning

b) 12 × 8 = ___________

Doubling

Factors of Ten

Partitioning

c) 37 × 4 = ___________

Doubling

Factors of Ten

Partitioning

🌟 Part 5: Word Problems

5. Solve these word problems using any multiplication strategy. Show your working and explain which strategy you chose.
a) Sarah has 24 stickers. She wants to share them equally among 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend receive?

Strategy used: _________________________

b) A cinema has 18 rows with 12 seats in each row. How many seats are there in total?

Strategy used: _________________________

c) Jake buys 15 packets of cards. Each packet contains 8 cards. How many cards does he have altogether?

Strategy used: _________________________

💭 Part 6: Reflection

6. Which multiplication strategy do you find most helpful and why?
7. Create your own multiplication problem and solve it using one of the strategies:

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