Activities
Multiplication Around You
Spot multiplication in tiles, eggs, fingers — count rows × columns.
Multiplication is hiding everywhere. Whenever something comes in equal rows or groups, you've got a × waiting to happen.
Spot it in the wild
- Egg cartons — 2 rows × 6 = 12
- Tile floors — count one row, count one column, multiply
- Fingers — 2 hands × 5 = 10
- Car wheels in a parking lot — cars × 4
- Days in three weeks — 3 × 7 = 21
Repeated addition is the same thing. 4 + 4 + 4 is 3 × 4. Spotting equal groups is half the skill.