Early MathEqual groups, up to 50 in all
Name: Date:
Write an addition sentence and a multiplication sentence for each picture.
1+=×=
2++++=×=
3+++=×=
4+++=×=
5++=×=
6+++=×=
Equal groups multiplication worksheets
Four plates with nine counters on each, and under them two sentences with nothing filled in. The child writes 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 = 36, then 4 × 9 = 36. That second line is what a times sign means before it is a fact to remember: the same groups, said shorter.
If they get stuck
Equal groups multiplication
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
Every number is a blank, in both sentences. A sheet that prints 4 × 9 and asks only for the 36 can be done by someone who never looks at the plates. Here the picture has to be read first, because the first number in the product is the plates and the second is what sits on one of them.
Why this sheet works
That order is the standard's own reading: 5 × 7 is the total in 5 groups of 7. So 4 × 9 and 9 × 4 are not the same picture, even though they come to the same number. Four plates of nine is a different thing to look at from nine plates of four, and this sheet never pretends otherwise.