Math Arrays for Multiplication

We worked this week with dividing challenging facts into arrays to explore different strategies and to demonstrate how the facts are related. The students began by drawing an array which demonstrated 8x6 and then added to the array to demonstrate 12x6 (adding 4 rows of 6).

The students were able to see that the product of 12x6 could be found by finding the sum of 8x6 (our first picture) + 4x6 (what we added on)! Continuing to understand the relationships between facts will help us as we move onto greater factors next week.