Multiply both parts: 3rd grade math lesson

What this lesson shows

Fixes a mistake

4 × (11 + 6) is not (4 × 11) + 6. The 4 multiplies the 6 too.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 4 × 17. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

Split into parts
Multiply both parts
Add them

Helping at home

Think of the problem as groups: 4 × 17 is 4 groups of 17, and every group has the 10 and the 7. So the 4 multiplies both parts. Write both in parentheses, then add.

If your kid gets stuck

Does the number multiply every part?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

Common Core 3.OA.B.5
Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. Examples: If 6 × 4 = 24 is known, then 4 × 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 × 5 × 2 can be found by 3 × 5 = 15, then 15 × 2 = 30, or by 5 × 2 = 10, then 3 × 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 × 5 = 40 and 8 × 2 = 16, one can find 8 × 7 as 8 × (5 + 2) = (8 × 5) + (8 × 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)

Matches a standard in all 50 states and DCSee each state's code

Alabama MA19.3.5, MA19.3.7a
Alaska 3.OA.5, 3.MD.9.c
Arizona 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7 *
Arkansas 3.CAR.2, 3.CAR.3
California 3.OA.B.5
Colorado 3.OA.B.5
Connecticut 3.OA.B.5
Delaware 3.OA.B.5
District of Columbia 3.OA.B.5
Florida MA.3.NSO.2.4, MA.3.AR.1.1
Georgia 3.PAR.3.3
Hawaii 3.OA.B.5
Idaho 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7.b
Illinois 3.OA.B.5
Indiana 4.CA.3, 3.CA.5, 3.CA.6, 3.CA.3
Iowa 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7
Kansas 3.OA.5, 3.OA.7
Kentucky KY.3.OA.5, KY.3.OA.7
Louisiana 3.OA.B.5
Maine 3.OA.B.5
Maryland 3.NOS.C.4, 3.NOS.E.9.a, 3.NOS.E.9.b, 3.NOS.E.9.c, 4.NOS.C.7.a, 4.NOS.C.7.c
Massachusetts 3.OA.B.5
Michigan 3.OA.B.5
Minnesota 3.1.2.5, 5.2.2.1
Mississippi 3.OA.5, 3.OA.7
Missouri 3.RA.B.6, 3.RA.C.7
Montana MT.3.OA.5, MT.3.MD.7.c
Nebraska 3.A.1.e, 3.A.1.g
Nevada 3.OA.B.5
New Hampshire 3.OA.B.5
New Jersey 3.OA.B.5
New Mexico 3.OA.B.5
New York NY-3.OA.5, NY-3.OA.7.a
North Carolina NC.3.OA.1.b
North Dakota 3.AR.OA.1, 3.AR.OA.2, 4.AR.OA.2, 5.AR.OA.1
Ohio 3.OA.5, 3.MD.7.c
Oklahoma 3.N.2.2, 3.N.2.8, 3.A.2.2, 5.A.2.1
Oregon 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7
Pennsylvania CC.2.2.3.A.2
Rhode Island 3.OA.B.5, 4.OA.A.3.a
South Carolina 3.PAFR.1.3
South Dakota 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7.a, 3.OA.C.7.b
Tennessee 3.OA.B.5, 3.OA.C.7, 3.MD.C.7.c
Texas 111.5.b.4.F, 111.5.b.4.G
Utah 3.OA.5, 3.OA.7.b
Vermont 3.OA.B.5
Virginia 3.CE.2c, 3.CE.2d, 3.CE.2f
Washington 3.OA.B.5
West Virginia M.3.5, M.3.7
Wisconsin M.3.OA.C.6, M.3.OA.B.4
Wyoming 3.OA.7, 3.MD.7c, 3.MDP.7.C

Multiply both parts