standard_description: Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison.
problem_activity: Problem 1
a.   Solve.
6 × 3 = _____
60 × 3 = _____
60 × 30 = _____
b.   What do you notice about Part (a)? What do you wonder?
Problem 2
a.   Kristen and Rajiv are finding the product 80 × 50. Kristen says to find 8 × 50, then multiply by 10. Rajiv says to find 80 × 5, then multiply by 10.
Will both Kristen and Rajiv’s methods give the correct product? Why?
Write expressions to represent Kristen and Rajiv’s methods.
b.   Find the product 80 × 50.
Problem 3
Estimate the following products.
a.   41 × 32
b.   57 × 45
c.   24 × 77


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