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2nd grade · Math · Unit 12 of 14

Arrays

Rows and columns

What your child practices

Adding equal rows to find the total in an array (up to 5 by 5), and cutting a rectangle into rows and columns of squares. This gets ready for multiplication.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 2.2.3.5; 2.3.7.1 · splitting a rectangle into rows and columns of squares, and number patterns in arrays

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. An array has equal rows.
  2. Add the same number once for each row.
  3. This is a first step to multiplying.

Example: 3 rows with 4 in each row. How many in all? 4 + 4 + 4 = 12. Answer: 12

Arrays in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 12 of 14 in 2nd grade Math, after Inches, Feet & Yards and before Add & Subtract to 1000.

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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    How many 🌼 are in the array?

    • 8
    • 10
    • 15
    • 18
    • 12

  2. Question 2

    There are 4 rows with 5 in each row. Which addition finds the total?

    • 4 + 5
    • 6 + 6 + 6 + 6
    • 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
    • 5 + 5 + 5 + 5

  3. Question 3

    A rectangle is cut into 5 rows and 2 columns of same-size squares. How many squares?

    • 10
    • 7
    • 11
    • 14

  4. Question 4

    There are 2 rows in a garden with 3 plants in each. How many plants in all?

    • 9
    • 5
    • 6
    • 3

  5. Question 5

    There are 4 rows with 5 in each row. Which addition finds the total?

    • 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
    • 5 + 5 + 5 + 5
    • 4 + 5
    • 6 + 6 + 6 + 6

  6. Question 6

    A rectangle is cut into 4 rows and 2 columns of same-size squares. How many squares?

    • 9
    • 8
    • 12
    • 6

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