Easy examples of repeated addition for multiplication (3rd grade math)

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 Multiplication is a shortcut for repeated addition.
• ➕ Repeated addition means adding the same number multiple times.
• ✏️ Example: $3 \times 4$ means adding 3 four times: $3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12$.
• 💡 Another Example: $5 \times 2$ means adding 5 two times: $5 + 5 = 10$.
• 📝 Any multiplication problem can be solved using repeated addition.

Practice Quiz

1. What repeated addition equation represents $2 \times 5$?
1. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
2. 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
3. 2 + 5
4. 5 + 2
2. Which multiplication equation does $4 + 4 + 4$ represent?
1. 4 x 4
2. 3 x 4
3. 4 x 3
4. 3 + 4
3. What is $6 \times 3$ using repeated addition?
1. 6 + 6
2. 3 + 3 + 3
3. 6 + 3
4. 6 + 6 + 6
4. Solve $7 \times 2$ using repeated addition.
1. 7 + 7
2. 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
3. 7 + 2
4. 2 + 7
5. What repeated addition equation represents $1 \times 8$?
1. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
2. 8 + 8
3. 1 + 8
4. 8
6. What multiplication equation does $9 + 9 + 9 + 9$ represent?
1. 9 x 3
2. 4 x 9
3. 9 x 5
4. 4 + 9
7. Calculate $5 \times 4$ using repeated addition.
1. 5 + 5 + 5
2. 4 + 4 + 4 + 4
3. 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
4. 5 + 4