3rd Grade Math Centers | 10 Multiplication Centers | Task Cards & Error Analysis

Everything you need to practice and reteach multiplication skills can be found inside of this set of 3rd grade math centers. There are 10 different multiplication centers included in this set.

Along with 10 engaging math centers, this set also includes a teacher guide that walks you through prepping each center, storing your centers, and implementing the centers.

Check out the included PDF and video previews for a closer look at all of the centers that are included in this set!

Activities Included:

There are 5 different types of activities included in this set of centers. Each activity includes 2 different centers. Check out the included preview to see an example of each of the math activities below.

• Task Cards
• Board Games
• Error Analysis
• Secret Picture
• Square Puzzles

How to Use These Math Centers:

• Each math center has an answer sheet that can be turned in and graded for student accountability.
• The centers can be reused over and over again. Just prep them once and use them for years to come!
• If you prefer, you can also create single-use centers with the included black and white, printable options.
• The teacher guide includes a printable packet cover page that you can use if you prefer to create weekly math center work packets for your students.

Skills Covered:

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1: Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 √ó 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 √ó 7.”
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3: Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.4: Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 √ó ? = 48, 5 = _ √∑ 3, 6 √ó 6 = ?
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.B.5: Apply properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.2 Examples: If 6 √ó 4 = 24 is known, then 4 √ó 6 = 24 is also known. (Commutative property of multiplication.) 3 √ó 5 √ó 2 can be found by 3 √ó 5 = 15, then 15 √ó 2 = 30, or by 5 √ó 2 = 10, then 3 √ó 10 = 30. (Associative property of multiplication.) Knowing that 8 √ó 5 = 40 and 8 √ó 2 = 16, one can find 8 √ó 7 as 8 √ó (5 + 2) = (8 √ó 5) + (8 √ó 2) = 40 + 16 = 56. (Distributive property.)
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NBT.A.3: Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10-90 (e.g., 9 √ó 80, 5 √ó 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.

About the Download:

All of the centers are included in one ZIP download. After unzipping this resource, you will see 6 PDFs: the teacher guide, the task card centers, the board game centers, the error analysis centers, the secret picture centers, and the square puzzle centers. All of the teacher instructions can be found inside of the teacher guide. You will find everything you need for each center inside of the corresponding PDFs.

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