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 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 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 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 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.
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 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 penguins multiplication division properties activity has 3rd-5th grade students sort twenty equation cards under five penguin Property Cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included, so learning the properties feels like a game.
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 mystery monster math unknown factors activity has 3rd and 4th graders find missing factors and match monster answer cards. An answer key is included.
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.
Using this Sharing with Whole Numbers Division Activity, students interpret whole numbers as the number of objects in each share.
Using this Be the Baker Multiplication Activity, students interpret products of whole numbers into equal groups.
This a world of word problems equal groups activity has 2nd-3rd Grade students match word problems to equal groups and arrays, then write equations. Answer key 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 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 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 Mouses Missing Numbers Multiplication Division activity has 3rd-4th grade students match cheese problem cards to mouse answer cards, with a practice page and answer key included.
This who can divide word problems activity for 3rd and 4th Grade has kids match one- and two-step division problems to equations and solve. 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.
Groups, arrays, and fact-family fun
Third grade is the big multiplication year! Kids learn that multiplying means equal groups: 4 × 3 is four groups of three. They build arrays, use skip counting, and by the end of the year they should know their facts through 10 × 10 by memory. They also see how multiplication and division are partners: 6 × 7 = 42 means 42 ÷ 7 = 6. The click comes when kids realize they don't have to memorize 100 separate facts, because 3 × 8 and 8 × 3 are the same!
Understanding first, speed second. These moves build both, in that order.
Skip counting is multiplication in disguise. Sing one counting song each morning, and kids soon know that the fifth number in the fours song is 20. Then show them that's 5 × 4!
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withCounting By Fours Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Have kids build 3 rows of 6 with counters, then rotate the paper so it's 6 rows of 3. Same total! That one turn cuts the facts kids have to learn almost in half.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withMultiplication WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Give each child a blank multiplication table to fill in over the unit. Then ask: "What do you notice about the nines? The fives?" Partner talk about patterns turns a chart into number sense.
Why it works: when kids say the precise math words, their understanding gets sharper, a recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withBlank Multiplication TableWorksheetsOpen it →Fact practice goes down so much easier with a little silliness.
WorksheetsEach house holds three numbers. Kids write all four facts that live inside.
Open Multiplication Division Fact Families Worksheet →
ActivitiesPups go into doghouses in equal groups. It's multiplication's partner in action!
Open Doghouse Division Activity →
VideosPlay a counting song, pause it, and let kids shout the next number before it plays.
Open Counting Songs (Classic Video Collection) →Teacher favorites right now: Doghouse Division Activity, Solving Division Activity and Multiplying by Tens Activity.
By the end of 3rd grade, kids should know all facts from 0 × 0 to 10 × 10 from memory. Many schools also introduce the 11s and 12s. Fluency means answering quickly without counting.
Start with the easiest patterns: 0s, 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s. Then 9s and 11s, which have fun tricks. Save 3s, 4s, 6s, 7s and 8s for last, and use the commutative property so kids learn fewer new facts.
Short daily practice works better than long sessions. Five minutes of flash cards, a skip counting song or a quick game every day beats an hour on the weekend. Focus on a few unknown facts at a time.
Arrays show what multiplication means. Rows and columns make equal groups easy to see, and they lead straight into area and the commutative property later in the year.
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