Add some variety to your teaching of two-digit multiplication with this fun skills practice exercise. Presented with a geometric design of six soccer balls each with two-digit multiplication problems written inside of them, students must first find each product and then color in the image based on whether the answers they found are odd or even.

Concepts

multiplication, 2-digit multiplication, multiplication multiple digits, multiplication with carrying

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign this worksheet as an in-class or homework exercise during an upper-elementary unit on multiplication
• Use this resource to differentiate instruction, offering it as an extension activity for younger children or remedial practice for older learners

Classroom Considerations

• Scratch paper will need to be provided for solving the multiplication problems, as there is little space available on the worksheet itself
• Worksheet does not provide any example problems and assumes children have already been introduced to multiplication of two-digit numbers

Pros

• Step-by-step instructions clearly explain how to complete the worksheet
• Activity allows children to choose which colors they want to use
• Three extension problems are provided where students must identify the missing digit in two-digit multiplication problems

Cons

• The included answer key only provides solutions to the three extension problems

Common Core

4.NBT.B.4 4.NBT.B.5 5.NBT.B.5 MP8