Access Point #: MAFS.3.OA.1.AP.1a (Archived Access Point)


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Find the total number inside an array with neither number in the columns or rows greater than five.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

Concrete:

  • Find the number of groups by counting the rows of objects.
  • Find how many objects are in each group by counting the columns.
  • Use 1:1 correspondence to find the total within an array of objects in columns or rows no greater than five.
Representation:
  • Find the number of groups by counting the rows in a pictorial array.
  • Find how many objects are in each group by counting the columns in a pictorial array.
  • Find the total within a pictorial array.
  • Understand the following vocabulary: sets, array, total, combining, columns, rows, grouping.

Number: MAFS.3.OA.1.AP.1a Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division. (Major Cluster)

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Related Standards

Name Description
MAFS.3.OA.1.1: Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each. For example, describe a context in which a total number of objects can be expressed as 5 × 7.



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