Multiplication as Repeated Addition - Worksheet

The "Multiplication as Repeated Addition" worksheet is a valuable educational resource for helping students grasp the concept of multiplication through the lens of repeated addition. This worksheet provides a series of illustrative pictures, each corresponding to a particular set of addition and multiplication sentences that students are tasked to write. For each picture, students are required to formulate a repeated addition sentence that sums the same number multiple times, and then translate this into a multiplication sentence that represents the same total quantity.

The worksheet is designed to reinforce the understanding that multiplication is essentially a shortcut for adding the same number repeatedly. For example, the worksheet includes answers such as "6 + 6 + 6 = 18" which corresponds to the multiplication sentence "6 x 3 = 18", demonstrating that multiplying 6 by 3 is equivalent to adding three groups of 6. This learning tool is structured to encourage students to recognise patterns in addition that lead to multiplication, thus building a solid foundation for their arithmetic skills. Additional answers provided include "5 x 4 = 20", "10 x 2 = 20", "2 x 6 = 12", "4 x 4 = 16", and "1 x 8 = 8", each reinforcing the relationship between repeated addition and multiplication.