Making Multiplication Cards
Activity, Stage 5 – Multiplication Cards and Tables
Make a set of multiplication cards to practice these math facts while playing matching games your family played earlier: Stage 1 – Go Fish, Memory Challenge; Stage 2 – Bingo; Stage 3 – Hot Potato; and Stage 4 – Gin Rummy.
How to create
Hand draw four cards for each math fact. These are the four cards for 3 × 4.
- the expression
- groups of objects
- an array
- prime factoring
Options
One option is to include 3 × 4 and not include 4 × 3. This has the drawback that seeing 3 groups of 4 is different from seeing 4 groups of 3.
For array cards, put the skip counting numbers along one or both sides to help your child practice skip counting.
For expression cards, replace each number with the prime factorization symbol for the number. This makes it easier to see how the prime factorizations fit together when multiplying two numbers.