This doghouse division activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match puppy division cards to doghouse answer cards, then check with multiplication. Answer key included.
This multiplication comparison activity for 4th and 5th Grade has students match seaside word problems to equations and solve for the unknown. Answer key included for quick checking.
This solving division activity has 3rd and 4th grade students match equation cards to answer cards to find missing numbers in multiplication and division facts. Answer key included for quick checking.
This solving multiplication activity has students match equation cards to answer cards to find the unknown number. Made for 3rd-4th grade with a practice page and answer key included.
This fall into multiplication activity has 4th and 5th graders solve pumpkin problems with area models and match each product to a leaf. Answer key included.
This multiplying by tens activity is a base-ten card matching game for 3rd and 4th grade, with a recording sheet and practice page. Answer key included for quick checking.
This property monsters math properties activity has 3rd-5th grade students sort equation cards by the commutative, associative, identity, zero and distributive properties. Answer key included.
This 3.OA.7 Common Core activity has 3rd-4th grade students match snowflake problem cards to fish answer cards to find unknown numbers, with a practice page and answer key included.
This fun at the beach multiplication activity for 4th-5th grade has students match word problems, tape diagrams, and comparison statements, with a practice page and answer key included.
This arithmetic theme park multi-step word problems activity has 3rd to 5th graders solve ticket problems and match each answer to a ride. Answer key included.
Using Penguins Multiplication Division Properties Activity, students explain why multiplication and division strategies work.
Using this Mystery Monster Math Unknown Factors Activity, students understand division as an unknown factor problem to build multiplication fact fluency.
This Happy Birthday Fractions activity has 4th and 5th Grade students multiply fractions by whole numbers and match party hats to presents. Answer key included.
This real world word problems activity helps 3rd and 4th grade students match two-step farm word problems to equations and solve them. A recording sheet, practice page and answer key are included.
This single digit multiplication activity for 3rd and 4th grade uses gumball number cards and a Gumball Log to practice facts to 81, with a practice page and answer key included.
This exploring word problems activity has children match 12 two-step camping word problems to equations with a letter for the unknown. Made for 3rd and 4th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
This road race multiplication division activity is a board game for 3rd and 4th grade with 20 self-checking cards for finding the missing number. A practice page and answer key are included.
This down in the sea division activity has 4th and 5th Grade students sort 18 equation cards by quotients of 10, 100 and 1,000 using place value. Answer key included.
This Memorial Day multiplication activity has 3rd-4th grade students solve 16 lettered fact cards to crack a secret message. Practice page and answer key included.
This making inferences math operations activity helps 4th and 5th grade students use clue words to choose the right operation and solve word problems. An answer key is included for quick checking.
Bigger numbers, same smart moves!
Fourth graders take multiplication to bigger numbers. They multiply up to four-digit numbers by one-digit numbers and two-digit by two-digit numbers, like 23 × 14 = 322. They use area models and partial products, breaking numbers into tens and ones: 20 × 14 + 3 × 14. They also learn about factors, multiples and prime numbers, and solve comparison problems like "6 times as many." The click comes when kids see that big multiplication is just lots of small multiplications put together.
Big multiplication starts with strong facts and clear models. These moves build both.
Sevens, eights and nines slow kids down most. Play a skip counting song for one tough fact family each week. Kids sing along, then try the facts without the song. Fast facts make big problems easier.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Sevens Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →For 23 × 14, draw a rectangle and split it into 20 + 3 by 10 + 4. Kids fill in four small products and add them up. The picture shows why the steps work before they learn the shortcut.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withTwo Digit Numbers Multiplication WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Show a three-digit problem step by step, thinking aloud at each place. Then do one together and let kids try one alone. Connecting it back to the area model keeps the steps from feeling like magic.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withThree Digit Multiplication WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Multiplication games make fact practice feel like fun.
WorksheetsKids hunt for prime numbers by checking for factors. Who can find the most?
Open Prime Numbers Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids build a chain of multiples for a number and see how far they can go.
Open Multiples Worksheet →
VideosSing the nines song, then learn the finger trick. Kids love showing it off at home!
Open Counting By Nines Song (Original Music Video) →Teacher favorites right now: Doghouse Division Activity, Multiplication Comparison Activity and Solving Division Activity.
Fourth graders should know all multiplication facts through 10 × 10, multiply up to four digits by one digit, and multiply two-digit by two-digit numbers. They also learn factors, multiples and prime numbers.
The area model breaks numbers into tens and ones and shows the problem as a rectangle. Kids multiply each part and add the results. It makes big multiplication easier to understand.
Practice a few minutes every day with songs, flash cards or games. Focus on one fact family at a time, especially the tricky ones like 7s and 8s.
A prime number has exactly two factors: 1 and itself. Examples are 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11. A number with more factors, like 12, is called composite.
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