operations · Year 3 · AC9M3A03
Multiplication facts
Multiplication is repeated groups. 6 × 4 means six groups of four. You can skip-count in fours six times — 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 — or just recall the fact. Knowing your tables by heart makes everything later (division, fractions, area) much faster, so these are worth learning until they are instant.
Sample questions
3 × 2 = ?
- 3 × 2 means 3 groups of 2.
- Skip-count 2: 2, 4, 6.
- 3 × 2 = 6.
Answer: 6
3 × 3 = ?
- 3 × 3 means 3 groups of 3.
- Skip-count 3: 3, 6, 9.
- 3 × 3 = 9.
Answer: 9
2 × 2 = ?
- 2 × 2 means 2 groups of 2.
- Skip-count 2: 2, 4.
- 2 × 2 = 4.
Answer: 4