Grade 3 students will:
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication to 5 × 5 by:
• representing and explaining multiplication using equal grouping and arrays
• creating and solving problems in context that involve multiplication
• modelling multiplication using concrete and visual representations, and recording the process symbolically• relating multiplication to repeated addition
• relating multiplication to division
• Understand and recall multiplication facts to 5 × 5
Grade 4 students will:
Describe and apply mental mathematics strategies to determine basic multiplication facts to 9 × 9 and related division facts.
• Recall facts to 7 × 7
Demonstrate an understanding of multiplication (2- or 3-digit by 1-digit) to solve problems by:
• using personal strategies for multiplication with and without concrete materials
• using arrays to represent multiplication
• connecting concrete representations to symbolic representations
• estimating products
• applying the distributive property
