5.05 Multiply by 3

Lesson

Are you ready?

Can you write repeated addition as a multiplication number sentence? Try this question.

Write this addition as a multiplication.

$10+10+10$10+10+10

Let's look at how to triple or multiply numbers by 3.

$3\times6$3×6

Remember!

Multiplying by three is the same as tripling and can be thought of as the total of three equally sized groups.

Multiply two whole numbers from 0 to 12 and divide using related facts with procedural reliability.