Ana noticed that Mr. Moreno started by multiplying 7 the hundreds place, 7 the tens place, then 7 the ones place. She wondered if the order mattered. Ana solved the problem this way:

  1. What did Ana discover about the order?

Fill in the missing numbers in the multiplication problems. Make sure you can explain what to multiply to get each partial product.

Solve the following problems. Be ready to show or tell how to solve each one. Use the Multidigit Multiplication Strategies Menu in the Reference section.

Nick's school is preparing for its first football game.

  1. Nick is selling tickets to the football game. The visiting team can have tickets for 8 rows of seats with 35 seats in each row. How many visiting team students can attend?
  2. Visiting students will travel by bus to the game. Students can sit 4 across each row. There are 23 rows of seats on the bus. How many students can a bus hold?
  3. One hundred forty-three students have each volunteered to sell 7 cakes to raise money for new marching band uniforms. How many cakes will they sell?