Question Video: Understanding the Distributive Property by Finding the Missing Number in Multiplication Equations Mathematics • Third Year of Primary School

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Find the missing numbers. Hint: Use the array to help you. Five times four equals what. Six times four equals 20 plus what. Six times four equals what.

We have to find the three missing numbers. And we’re told to use the array to help us. First, we need to find five times four. One lot of four or one row of four is four. Two fours are eight. Three fours are 12. Four fours are 16. Five lots of four are 20. If five times four or five lots of four are 20, to find six lots of four, we just need to add another four to 20. Six times four is equal to 20 plus four. 20 plus four is 24. So six times four is 24. We used the array to help us find the missing numbers.