Tricky Times Tables: Multiplication Graphic Organizer for Fact Fluency

Here’s a fun and visually-appealing math graphic organizer or template to help your all of your students learn the more challenging multiplication facts.

It is a great way to foster mental math, number sense, and math strategies when learning and mastering the times tables in grades 3, 4, or 5.

It is also a fun way to practice applying the distributive property when learning those tricky times tables (3.OA.B.5). The best part? This one page template can be used over and over!

Students:

- Will choose one multiplication fact that is challenging for them (for example: seven times seven or eight times six)

- Think of 2 multiplication facts they know well that could add together or subtract to equal their target fact (for example, 7x5 + 7x2 could help solve 7x7)

- Draw arrays to help visualize their thinking

- Find the final solution using addition or subtraction

Approaching multiplication fact learning this way will help your students:

- Develop their number sense and a stronger conceptual understanding of multiplication

- See the relationships between multiplication facts they have already mastered and the ones they don’t know as well

- Develop the foundation for learning about order of operations in later grades (because they are multiplying before they add or subtract)

- Practice the distributive property

- Practice a variety of mental math strategies they can apply to other problems too

What’s Included: 4 Page PDF Ready to Print and Use

- Title Page/Teacher Instructions

- One-page student template or graphic organizer that can be used many times for different multiplication facts

- Two completed sample templates to show your class as models

If you like this product, check out other multiplication activities in my store:

Crayon Math: Hands-on Multiplication Task

Multiplication and Division Practice for Older Students

Middle School Math Stations: Factors, Multiples, Prime, and Composite