Third Grade · Math · week 5

The ×5 facts and nickels

Master ×5 facts using skip counting and the nickel connection, and notice ×5 answers end in 0 or 5.

The ×5 facts are friendly because you already skip count by 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25… Every ×5 answer ends in a 5 or a 0. That pattern is a quick way to check your work.

Nickels make ×5 real: each nickel is 5 cents, so 6 nickels is 6 × 5 = 30 cents. Counting coins IS multiplying.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Pull out real nickels and count them by fives — money makes it click.
  • Have them list the ×5 answers and circle the last digit to see the 5,0,5,0 pattern.
  • Use the pattern as a self-check: "does your answer end in 0 or 5?"
  • Connect back to the clock later — minutes go by fives around the face.
Talk about it:
  • What do all ×5 answers end in?
  • How are nickels and ×5 the same?
  • How can the last-digit pattern catch a mistake?

Mastery looks like: They know the ×5 facts and use the "ends in 0 or 5" pattern to check answers.

Common stumbles: Dropping a hop while skip counting; forgetting the pattern check.

See it visually

Interactive, spoken-aloud tools that show this idea in motion.

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