Practice multiplication facts with a partner. Use your Triangle Flash Cards: 5s and Triangle Flash Cards: 10s, and follow the directions below.

One partner covers the shaded number. It is the largest number on the card. This number will be the answer to the multiplication problem. It is called the product.

The second person multiplies the two uncovered numbers (one in a circle and one in a square). These are the two factors. It does not matter which of the factors is said first. 4 5 and 5 4 both equal 20 and are turn-around facts.

Divide the cards into three piles: Facts I Know Quickly, Facts I Can Figure Out, and Facts I Need to Learn. Use the Sorting Flash Cards Board in the Student Activity Book.

Discuss how you can figure out facts that you do not recall right away. Share your strategies with your partner.

Practice the last two piles again. Then make a list of the facts you need to practice at home for homework.

Circle the facts you know quickly on your Multiplication Facts I Know chart from the Student Activity Book. Remember that if you know one fact, you also know its turn-around fact. Circle both on your chart.

Practice more strategies for solving multiplication facts on the Break-Apart Products pages in the Student Activity Book.