Grade 5

What is a product?

product

The answer you get when you multiply numbers together.

For example

Nine benches of 4 pupils give a product of 36.

In Grade 5

Children name the answer to a multiplication as the product, keeping it separate from the sum.

Watch out for

Children often confuse product with sum. The product comes from multiplying, while the sum comes from adding.

Say it at home

Ask for the product of two small numbers and then for their sum, and compare.

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