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Count the rows and the columns, write the multiplication. Pick a level and print.
An array — dots arranged in equal rows — is the clearest picture of multiplication there is. Three rows of five is 3 × 5, and turning the page shows five rows of three: the same 15 dots. Children who learn the times tables from arrays understand why 3 × 5 equals 5 × 3, and later why area is length times width.
Best for ages 6–9
A rectangle of objects or dots in equal rows. The number of rows times the number in each row gives the total, which makes multiplication something a child can see and count.
Because they show what multiplication means, prove that the order of the factors does not matter, and prepare for area and for written multiplication methods.
From about 6 or 7, when multiplication is first introduced, and alongside the times tables until about 9. They remain useful whenever a fact is forgotten.
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