Use this item to develop multiplication facts strategies for the 9s.
Encourage students to share their stories with the class.
Possible solution: There are 8 boxes of baseballs with 9 balls in each box. How many baseballs in all?
8 × 9 = 72
Ongoing Assessment
Use DPP item V to assess students' abilities to use fact strategies, drawings, and number sentences to solve word problems involving the multiplication facts for the 9s [E8].
V. Story Solving
Write a story and draw a picture about 8 × 9. Write a number sentence on your picture.