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Grade 3 free sample

Free 3rd Grade Break-Apart Multiplication Worksheet

Our break-apart multiplication pages, with a Strategy Spotlight and an answer key, so you can see the format before you buy.

What students practice

A free, space-themed sample of our Grade 3 multiplication pages. Page 1 breaks the second factor into 5 and the rest, multiplies each part, and adds the two products. Page 2 has two multiplication stories with room to show thinking and a label for each answer. Both pages have a full answer key.

What's inside

  1. p. 1

    Break-Apart Star Facts

    Break the second factor into 5 and the rest, multiply each part, then add.

  2. p. 2

    Break-Apart Star Facts Missions

    Read each story, show your thinking, then write the answer and a label.

Strategy Spotlight from page 1, Break-Apart Star Facts

Think: 4 × 7 is 4 × 5 = 20 and 4 × 2 = 8, so 20 + 8 = 28.

Georgia standards covered

3.PAR.3.3

Apply properties of operations (i.e., commutative property, associative property, distributive property) to multiply and divide within 100.

In this packet: page 1. 3.PAR.3.3 practice in all our packets

3.PAR.3.6

Solve practical, relevant problems involving multiplication and division within 100 using part-whole strategies, visual representations, and/or concrete models.

In this packet: page 2. 3.PAR.3.6 practice in all our packets

Who it's for

Anyone who wants to see our format before buying: the Strategy Spotlight worked example at the top of each page, the answer boxes, and the answer key layout.

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