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Grade 3 Math · World 3: Multiplication Meadow · Level 30
Break Apart to Multiply
Split a hard fact into easy ones: 8 × 7 = 8 × 5 + 8 × 2.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 30
- Stuck on a hard fact? Break it into easy ones! 8 × 7: break the 7 into 5 and 2.
- 8 × 5 is 40. 8 × 2 is 16. 40 plus 16 is 56.
- Any split works, as long as the parts add up to the number. Pick facts you already know!
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:
- 3.PAR.3.3 — Apply properties of operations (i.e., commutative property, associative property, distributive property) to multiply and divide within 100.