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Lunchroom Equal Groups: Trays, Tables, and Milk Cartons
Grade 3 practice seeing multiplication as equal groups in the school lunchroom. Students write facts, match stories, and sort groups.
Grade 3MathInteractive · Printable
Aligned to3.OA.A.1
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What’s included
- Single worksheet
- Auto-graded online
- 1 Common Core standard
- Printable answer key
- 12 questions
- Classroom-ready
Details
- Format
- Interactive · Printable
- Grade
- Grade 3
- Subject
- Math
- Question types
- Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer
About this worksheet
What students practice
- Students describe a product such as 5 × 7 as the total in 5 groups of 7.
- Students write a multiplication fact for a story with equal groups.
- Students tell which factor is the number of groups and which is the size of each group.
How to use
Use when introducing multiplication. Let students draw circles and dots for the equal groups before they write each fact, then share their answers to the last question with a partner.
Curriculum
Common Core standard covered
Understand a product as the total in a number of equal groups.
Preview
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Lunchroom Equal Groups: Trays, Tables, and Milk Cartons
See a product as the total in equal groups.

Groups in the lunch line
Read about each group. Fill in the blanks.
groups of kids = kids in all
5 × = orange slices
Each rod is a stack of 10 napkins.
stacks of 10 napkins = napkins
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