Properties of multiplication: printable worksheets
Name the commutative, associative, distributive, identity and zero properties, fill in the missing number, and break apart a factor to multiply.
Sample worksheet
The first 6 problems of a real worksheet, made the way the builder makes it. Open it in the builder to change the number of problems, the difficulty and the layout, then print.
1.
Find the missing number.
2 = 2 3 + 2 10
2.
Find the missing number.
4 7 = 7
3.
Find the missing number.
9 17 = 9 + 9 10
4.
Find the missing number.
3 = 2 3
5.
Find the missing number.
8 10 = 10
6.
Find the missing number.
3 16 = 3 + 3 10
Show answers
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What students practise
I can use properties to multiply.
Students name and apply the commutative, associative, distributive, identity and zero properties to multiply.
Key words
- commutative property
- changing the order of factors keeps the product
- distributive property
- break a factor apart, multiply each part, then add
- identity property
- any number times one is that number
Common mistakes
- Multiplies only one part when breaking apart a factor.
- Confuses the zero property with the identity property.
Standards
Common Core State Standards this worksheet practises.
- 3.OA.B.5: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide. (unverified)
- 3.MD.C.7c: Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning. (unverified)
Related topics
- Before this: Multiplication concepts (Grade 3)
- Next: Multi-digit multiplication (Grade 4)