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Colorful Arrays

How do you make your own array?

Goal:

Goal:

Try this activity to make your own array. Take out 16 crayons. You will use them to make different arrays on your desk.

box of crayons

Start by making 2 rows. How many crayons will go in each row? Put 1 crayon at a time into each row until all of the crayons are used. Does your array look like this? The colors can be in a different order, but do you have 2 rows of 8?

two rows eight columns

Great job! Let's make another array. This one will have 8 rows. Put 1 crayon at a time into each row until all of the crayons are used. Then, click the Answer button to see if your array is correct.

eight rows two columns

Excellent! Let's make one more array. This one will have 4 columns. Put 1 crayon at a time into each column until all of the crayons are used. Then, click the Answer button to see if your array is correct.

four rows and columns

On the next page, you will learn how to write addition sentences for arrays.