Description:
Various methods to solve the problem of multiplication is provided
Multiplication
- Multiplication is
repeated addition- 4 × 2 can be written as
adding 4 two times, i.e., 4 + 4
- 4 × 2 can be written as
Representing the verbal
statement as multiplication equation- 8 is 4 times as many as 2 can be
represented as the equation 8 = 4 × 2
- 8 is 4 times as many as 2 can be
- Compare the size of two
numbers by expressing one number
as a multiple of the other.- 8 = 4 times as many as 2 =
2 times as many as 4
Using arrays model to
represent multiplication- Product = 4 × 2 = 8
- Using area model to
represent multiplication- Product = 14 × 12 = 164