Multiplication

Question 1

The order of teaching

Answer 1

• making equal groups with concreate apparatus
• pictorial representation of groups where learners circle pictures
• using arrays
• number lines

For each of these, learners should write repeated addition number sentences. Learners should also identify ____ groups of ____.

Question 2

Multiplicative thinking

Answer 2

involves recognising and working with relationships between numbers

Question 3

Commutative property of multiplication

Answer 3

The order of the two numbers/factors does not affect the answer/product.

Question 4

What methods help model the commutative property?

Answer 4

• arrays
• number lines

Question 5

The identity element property

Answer 5

1 multiplied by any other number will always have an answer of the other number multiplied.

i.e. 1 x a = a

Question 6

The property of multiplying by zero

Answer 6

Any number multiplied by 0 will always have an answer of 0.