Have students shade rows and columns on a multiplication table that show a pattern they have discovered. Then have them write a description of the pattern. Post the multiplication tables and descriptions of the patterns on the board. Two or more students can play Multiplication Concentration. Write the corresponding products on eighteen more cards.
Players take turns matching expressions and products.
The player with the greatest number of matches wins the game. The sum of my digits is 6. Do a quick warm-up activity each day to reinforce the Associative Property of Multiplication. Have volunteers say the expression as a two-factor multiplication sentence. Click here to submit a suggestion you've found helpful in your classroom.