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Lesson Plan

Into the Wild: Multiplication Word Problems

Your students will be at the top of the pack with this lesson that has them identify important information within a word problem.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify the key parts of a word problem to solve a numerical equation.

Introduction

(10 minutes)
  • Have students work in partners to practice multiplication facts.
  • Give each pair four dice or a pack of playing cards.
  • Have each student put down two cards or roll two dice. Put the digits together to create a two-digit number, and have partners multiply their two numbers together.
  • The first partner to solve the problem wins a point.
  • Example: Tommy puts down an 7 and a 2. Bob puts down a 2 and a 3. The math problem is 72 x 23. Whoever solves it first wins a point.