A free multiplication strategies anchor chart: equal groups, arrays, repeated addition, skip counting and breaking a fact apart. For grades 2–4. Print it on one page, or on four pages to tape together as a poster.
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
A1Multiplication strategies anchor chart · page 1 of 4 · A2 to the right · B1 below
A2 joins this side
10 cm at 100% · between the corner marks 7.5 × 10 in
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
A2Multiplication strategies anchor chart · page 2 of 4 · B2 below · trim the left and top at the marks and lay it over the one before
A1 joins this side
10 cm at 100% · between the corner marks 7.5 × 10 in
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
B1Multiplication strategies anchor chart · page 3 of 4 · B2 to the right · trim the left and top at the marks and lay it over the one before
B2 joins this side
10 cm at 100% · between the corner marks 7.5 × 10 in
Multiplication strategies
Equal groups
3 × 4 is 3 groups of 4: 4, 8, 12.
An array
3 rows of 4 dots is 3 × 4 = 12.
Turn it sideways: 4 × 3 is the same 12.
Skip count
5 × 6: count by 5s six times: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.
Break it apart
7 × 6 = 5 × 6 + 2 × 6
30 + 12 = 42
Free at teach.peabody.kids
B2Multiplication strategies anchor chart · page 4 of 4 · trim the left and top at the marks and lay it over the one before
B1 joins this side
10 cm at 100% · between the corner marks 7.5 × 10 in
How to use it
One page: print it for a notebook or a table, or project it while you teach.
A poster: print the four pages at 100% (the 10 cm bar on each page checks it). Each page after A1 says where it goes: trim its left and top edges at the marks, lay it over the page before at the ticks, and tape the back. It makes a poster about 15 by 20 inches.
Make it yours: build the chart with the class first and keep this one as your model, or add the class's own examples on sticky notes.