This is a fun game that challenges students to find the factors
of a given product. My students are allowed to use their
multiplication charts to help them until they are fluent with
their multiplication facts. This game can be played as a whole
class, or as a center activity with a partner. Divide the
students into groups, have one student choose a product from a
container. Each group/ team works together to find all the
factors of that number. All teams are given the opportunity to
write down the factors and show them to the teacher. Each team
that gets all the factors is allowed to move the number of yards
as the chosen product. Aligned to the 3rd Grade Common Core
3.OA.1. Interpret products of whole numbers, e.g., interpret 5 ×
7 as the total number of objects in 5 groups of 7 objects each.
3.OA.4. Determine the unknown whole number in a multiplication
or division equation relating three whole numbers. 3.OA.5. Apply
properties of operations as strategies to multiply and divide.
3.OA.6. Understand division