3.OA.A.1: Multiplication as equal groups (5 x 7 is 5 groups of 7)

Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in five groups of seven objects each.Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, as adopted in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics (2017), Grade 3.

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How ColorMyMath teaches it

Addition is a length — dots laid end to end on the number line. Taking away comes down the same line. Every fact is shown as a picture before it is ever asked for from memory.

Every page is free and open — nothing to install, no account, and it works on a phone or a classroom board. Every number has its own color: 1 red, 2 orange, 3 yellow, 4 green, 5 blue, 6 purple, 7 brown, 8 pink, 9 cyan, and a number is that many colored dots.

Where it sits in the curriculum

• Step 59Multiplication: Calculating Areas I

More Grade 3 standards in Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• 3.OA.A.2Division as sharing out equally
• 3.OA.A.3Multiplication and division word problems within 100: equal groups and arrays
• 3.OA.A.4Find the unknown number in a multiplication or division equation (8 x ? = 48)
• 3.OA.B.5Properties of multiplication: turn it round, regroup it, split it (distributive)
• 3.OA.B.6Division is an unknown-factor problem
• 3.OA.C.7Multiply and divide within 100 fluently; know all products of two one-digit numbers
• 3.OA.D.8Two-step word problems with all four operations
• 3.OA.D.9Find and explain patterns in the addition and times tables

ColorMyMath · getridoftheteacher.com · every number has its own color, and a number is that many colored dots. Matching a game to a standard is a judgement call; the official text is at doe.mass.edu.