This document introduces visual multiplication using dots and circles. It provides examples of multiplying quantities to find the total number of combinations. For example, there are 4 marshes and 4 ducks, with each duck visiting each marsh. This is represented by drawing a circle for each duck with 4 dots inside, for a total of 4 x 4 = 16 lines/combinations. The document encourages practicing additional multiplication examples visually.

1. Visual
Multiplication
Dots and Circles
By: Ms. Limoli

2. Discussion Question
 Ifsomeone dumped a jar of pennies in
front of you and asked you to count all of
them, how would you approach the task?
Would you count each penny one by
one? Or would you group them together
into piles?

3. The easiest way to find the
total number of items in
equal groups is to use
multiplication.

4. There are 4 marshes. There are 4 ducks.
Each duck wants to visit each marsh.
Draw a line from each duck to each marsh.

6. How many lines did you draw?
4x4= ______

7. Another possibility is to have…
 Ducks are circles
 Marches are dots

8. Each circle stands for one of the ducks.

9. Each dot in the circle stands for each marsh the duck visited.

10. Next…
Count the number of black
dots in each circle and the
answer is…

11. 16
So 4x4= 16

12. Let’s try another one…
 There
are 5 trees. There are 2 parrots.
Each parrot wants to visit each tree.

13. How many circles do we
draw?
How many dots do we put in
each circle?

15. 10
5 x 2 = 10

16. Try on your own…
3 x2=
7 x1=
4 x2=
5 x3=