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4th grade · Math · Unit 3 of 15

Multiply & Divide

Bigger numbers by one digit

What your child practices

Multiplying and dividing 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers by splitting them by place value, plus remainders, estimating and word problems.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 4.11; 4.12 · multiplying by one digit and dividing with remainders

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Break the bigger number into tens and ones.
  2. Multiply each part.
  3. Add the parts back together.

Example: 3 × 24 = ? 24 is 20 + 4. 3 × 20 = 60 and 3 × 4 = 12. 60 + 12 = 72. Answer: 72

Multiply & Divide in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 15 in 4th grade Math, after Add & Subtract and before Fractions.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which shows a way to find 7 × 38?

    • 7 × 30 × 8
    • 7 × 3 + 7 × 8
    • 7 × 30 + 8
    • 7 × 30 + 7 × 8

  2. Question 2

    What is 300 × 3?

    300 × 3 = ?

    • 900
    • 9000
    • 1200
    • 90

  3. Question 3

    What is 258 × 3?

    258 × 3 = ?

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  4. Question 4

    A farmer plants 94 sunflowers in each field. How many sunflowers are in 5 fields?

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  5. Question 5

    What is 38 × 9?

    38 × 9 = ?

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  6. Question 6

    What is 99 ÷ 3?

    99 ÷ 3 = ?

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