What Are Some Different Ways to Teach Multiplication? 

There are many different ways to teach your young learners about the concept of multiplication. Strategies such as repeated addition, using arrays and skip counting are all methods to help your students understand the concept of multiplication. 

Another common method that is used is demonstrating how the “x” symbol stands for “groups of” and can be represented with a visual model. By drawing groups with an equal number of objects in each group this can be used to represent a multiplication problem. For example, if you have 3 circles, each with 5 stars inside, this represents the problem 3 x 5.

Equal Groups Practice Pages

Teach Starter has created an engaging color-by-number worksheet to help your students master their understanding of relating equal groups to multiplication problems. With this teacher-created resource, you will receive a color-by-number worksheet, a question page, color guide and an answer key. 

To complete this activity, students must look at each equal group model and then look at the color guide to find the matching multiplication fact. Students will then solve the problem and color the product according to the color listed. When guiding your students through this activity, remember that the “x” stands for “groups of.”

How to Get Your 3rd Grade Multiplication Worksheet

If you are ready to get your hands on this printable math worksheet, head on over to the green download button! Here, you will find a quick-print PDF file as well as the editable Google Slides version. If selecting the Google Slides option, please note that you will first be prompted to make a copy of this resource to your personal drive before accessing it.

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a teacher in Ohio and a Teach Starter Collaborator.

Looking for More Multiplication Activities?

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more activities to shorten your lesson planning time:  

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Equal Groups Multiplication Activity

Engage your students with a hands-on activity to practice making equal groups to represent multiplication.

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Equal Groups Multiplication Task Cards

Highlight how to use equal groups to solve multiplication problems with this set of 24 task cards.

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Multiplication With Equal Groups Matching Activity

Reinforce how to relate multiplication and equal groups with this printable matching activity.