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Learning by Doing

Objective: To reinforce the concept of the distributive property of
multiplication over addition.

Materials required: Grid papers, some colourful bindis and a cello
tap.
procedure:

Š Divide the class into pairs and invite them one by one.

Š Tell the students to take grid papers.

Š Ask one student to put some red bindis to show 3 × 5 on a grid paper.

Š Ask the other student to put some green bindis to show 3 × 4 on a grid
paper.
Š Then tell the students to count the number of bindis put on the grid papers.

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        

        

Student 1: 3 × 5 = 15 Student 2: 3 × 4 = 12
Total = 15 + 12 = 27

Š Now, ask them to join both grids by using cello tape as shown below and

observe the arrangement.
Š Count the total number of bindis.

        

        

        

3 × (5 + 4) = 3 × 9 = 27
Ask what they observe.

From the above presentation, we can see 3 × 5 + 3 × 4 = 3 × (5 + 4)

or 3 × (5 + 4) = 3 × 5 + 3 × 4 27 27

Š Repeat the above activity with different pairs till the time permits and also by
taking different numbers of columns and rows for the grid.

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