Introduction to Multiplying Whole Numbers
Jamie coaches the Lakeside Middle School soccer team, and she's hosting a soccer summer camp for her players and two other middle schools in the area. Each middle school will send players to the camp. Jamie wants to figure out how many students will be attending the camp altogether so she can make sure she has enough uniforms, snacks, and water for everyone. To figure out the total number of players attending camp, Jamie can use multiplication notation and multiplying whole numbers. Read on to find out how to solve these kinds of problems.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:- Use multiplication notation
- Model multiplication of whole numbers
- Multiply whole numbers
- Translate word phrases to math notation
- Multiply whole numbers in applications
