158 Multiplication and Division Concepts
Successful Strategies
Some students struggle with fact families. One of the ways
to help these students is to go back to the repeated addition
and repeated subtraction concepts. Focusing on the “groups”
encourages students to think about the related multiplication
and division facts. Additionally, help students to see why
squares produce identical facts.multiplication, division,
equation, facts,
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Questions at Different Levels of Cognitive Demand
Recall: What is 5 x 4? What is 4 x 5?
Comprehension: How would you explain fact
families?
Application: How would you show the fact family for
6, 8, 48?
Analysis: What relationship do you see between 7 x 6
and 42 ÷ 6?
Evaluation: What advice would you give someone who
does not understand fact families?
Synthesis: Is it possible to have a fact family for this
equation 2 x 3 x 4 = 24?EASYCOMPLEX