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2nd Grade Multiplication Resources

17 2nd grade multiplication resources: 9 activities, 4 videos, 3 songs and more. How teachers use these

2nd Grade Multiplication Resources

17 2nd grade multiplication resources: 9 activities, 4 videos, 3 songs and more. How teachers use these

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Video2nd GradeCounting Songs (Classic Video Collection)

Using the Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), students practice skip counting by all of the numbers by singing and counting along to these thirteen videos.

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Video2nd GradeCounting By Fives Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 5s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Video2nd GradeCounting By Twos Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video), students practice skip counting by 2s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Video2nd GradeCounting By Ones Song (Original Music Video)

Using the Counting By Ones Song (Original Music Video), students practice counting by 1s by singing and counting along to this fun and engaging video!

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Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeMultiplication Word Problem Solving Worksheet

Practice early multiplication with this multiplication word problem solving worksheet for 2nd grade. Kids draw equal groups and write adding sentences, and an answer key is included for fast checking.

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Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeSt. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph Worksheet

This St. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph Worksheet has 2nd Grade students count tally marks by fives, write each total, and color the bar graph. Answer key included, so checking takes seconds.

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Activity
Activity2nd GradeMystery Monster Math Unknown Factors Activity

Using this Mystery Monster Math Unknown Factors Activity, students understand division as an unknown factor problem to build multiplication fact fluency.

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Activity2nd GradeBe the Baker Multiplication Activity

Using this Be the Baker Multiplication Activity, students interpret products of whole numbers into equal groups.

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Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd Grade2.OA.4 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

In this 2.OA.4 Second Grade Common Core lesson, students use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in arrays with up to 5 rows and columns.

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Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeBlocks Multiplication Worksheet

This blocks multiplication worksheet helps 2nd grade students draw arrays of toy blocks for four short stories and complete a rows-of number sentence. An answer key is included for easy checking.

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Activity2nd GradeSharing with Whole Numbers Division Activity

Using this Sharing with Whole Numbers Division Activity, students interpret whole numbers as the number of objects in each share.

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Activity2nd GradeGrouping for Groceries Multiplication Activity

This grouping for groceries multiplication activity helps 2nd and 3rd grade students match equal groups of food to multiplication sentences. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity2nd GradeA World of Word Problems Equal Groups Activity

Using this A World of Word Problems Equal Groups Activity, students match multiplication and division equations to the picture or array representation.

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Activity2nd GradeOn the Water Way with Arrays Activity

Using this On the Water Way with Arrays Activity, students match multiplication equations to the picture or array representation.

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Activity2nd GradeI Have Who Has Multiply Divide Within 100 Activity

Using this I Have Who Has Multiply Divide Within 100 Activity, students fluently multiply and divide within 100 by playing a fun and fast paced game!

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Activity2nd GradeMay the Force of Division Be With You Activity

Using this May the Force of Division Be With You Activity, students understand division as an unknown factor problem to build multiplication fact fluency.

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Activity2nd GradeMonsters Mixed Up Math Unknown Factors Puzzle Activity

Using this Monsters Mixed Up Math Unknown Factors Puzzle Activity, students understand division as an unknown factor problem to build multiplication fact fluency.

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From our teachers' playbook

Equal groups, rows and rows of fun

What do 2nd graders learn about multiplication?

Second grade is where multiplication quietly gets its start. Kids aren't memorizing times tables yet. They're learning that equal groups can be counted fast. They build arrays up to 5 rows and 5 columns and write a matching addition sentence: 3 rows of 4 = 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s does a lot of the heavy lifting here. The click comes when a child looks at an egg carton and says "That's just 2 rows of 6!"

How we build a strong start for multiplication

Second graders need to see and touch equal groups long before they hear the word "times." These three moves lay that foundation.

Arrays with real stuff

Hand out cereal pieces or counters and say "Make 3 rows of 5." Kids check that every row matches, then count by 5s to find the total. Next they draw the array on grid paper and write the repeated addition sentence underneath. Touch it, draw it, write it.

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.

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Skip count to the beat

Skip counting is multiplication in disguise, so we sing it every morning. Play the counting-by-fives song while kids clap on each number. Within a week they can tell you that 4 groups of 5 is 20 without counting by ones.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Picture the groups

Before any word problem, kids sketch it: circles for the groups, dots inside for the items. "4 bags with 3 apples each" becomes four circles with three dots apiece. The drawing shows them it's repeated addition, and it catches the kid who wrote 4 + 3.

Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).

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Make equal groups feel like a game

Little hands love sorting things into piles. Turn that into multiplication practice.

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Grocery groups

Kids play shopkeeper and pack items into bags with the same number in each. "How many cans in 4 bags of 2?"

Open Grouping for Groceries Multiplication Activity →Be the Baker Multiplication ActivityActivities

Bake-off arrays

Cookies on a baking tray are a perfect array. Kids "bake" rows of treats and count the whole batch.

Open Be the Baker Multiplication Activity →St. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph WorksheetWorksheets

Skip count and graph

Color the number chart by 2s, 5s or 10s and watch a pattern pop out of the page.

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What's on this page

9 Activities4 Videos3 Songs3 Worksheets1 Common Core Lesson

Teacher favorites right now: Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection), Counting By Fives Song (Original Music Video) and Counting By Twos Song (Original Music Video).

2nd grade multiplication questions

Do 2nd graders learn multiplication?

They learn the foundation, not the times tables. Second graders work with equal groups, arrays up to 5 by 5, and repeated addition. Fluent multiplication facts come in 3rd grade.

What is an array in 2nd grade math?

An array is objects arranged in equal rows and columns, like eggs in a carton. Kids count them by rows and write an addition sentence such as 5 + 5 + 5 = 15. Arrays are the bridge to 3 × 5.

How do I explain multiplication to a 7-year-old?

Start with equal groups they can hold. Put 3 cookies on each of 4 plates and ask how many in all. Show that counting 3, 6, 9, 12 is faster than counting by ones.

Should my 2nd grader memorize times tables?

Not yet. Focus on skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s and on understanding equal groups. Kids who understand groups first memorize their facts much faster in 3rd grade.

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Written by the Have Fun Teaching team of elementary teachers and homeschoolers. Research: U.S. Department of Education, What Works Clearinghouse (2021). Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades. Wallace, W. T. (1994). Memory for music: Effect of melody on recall of text. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20(6). Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.