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Arithmetic Grade Three

Multiplication can be thought of as a short cut for adding the same number over and over. Consider this example:


  3 + 3 + 3 = (9)

Here we added three threes for a sum of 9. We can translate this addition problem to a multiplication problem like this:


  3 x 3 = 9

Here's another example:


  4 + 4 + 4 + 4 =

Here we add four fours. We can write this as a multiplication problem like this:


  4 x 4 = (16)