Grade 3 - Multiplication and Division Unit Plan & Printables

A Standards-Aligned 11-Week Unit Plan With Multiplication and Division Worksheets, Lesson Plan and Printables for Grade 3

What's Included in this Unit Plan

• Fully-resourced 11 week unit plan aligned with Common Core Math Standards for Grade 3
• Printable worksheets, activities and problems to supplement lessons throughout the multiplication and division unit
• Teaching notes with instructions, ideas for differentiation and strategies to target key math skills

• Multiplication games, multiplication and division word problems, and a huge variety of fun activities including both individual and group tasks
• Ready-to-use multiplication and division assessment sheets to monitor and track student progress plus timed ‘challenge’ assessment sheets
• Handy tools, grids, templates and printables to help students master multiplication and division facts

Standards Alignment:

This Multiplication and Division Unit Plan targets the following Common Core Math Standards for Grade 3.

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1 - Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.2 - Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 56 ÷ 8 as the number of objects in each share when 56 objects are partitioned equally into 8 shares, or as a number of shares when 56 objects are partitioned into equal shares of 8 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a number of shares or a number of groups can be expressed as 56 ÷ 8.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3 - Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.4 - Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 × ? = 48, 5 = _ ÷ 3, 6 × 6 = ?

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.5 - Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.6 - Understand division as an unknown-factor problem. For example, find 32 ÷ 8 by finding the number that makes 32 when multiplied by 8.

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7 - Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers. Solve problems involving the four operations, and identify and explain patterns in arithmetic.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.D.8 - Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.D.9 - Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.3 - Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.