standard_description: 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. (This standard is limited to problems posed with whole numbers and having whole number answers; students should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations).)
problem_activity: Task
The table below shows all the products of pairs of numbers between 1 and 9.
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Which numbers appear only once in the table of products?   Where are these numbers located in the table?  Why?
Which numbers appear the most frequently in the table?  Why?
Which numbers between 10 and 20 do  not  appear in the table?  What do these numbers have in common?


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