Keep rows equal
Every row in a rectangular array has the same number of objects.
Multiplication Garden
Plant equal rows and columns of flowers and compare the resulting totals.
Grades 3–5 · Math
Your goal
Plant 2 rows of 3 flowers.
Reduced motion is on. The controls still update the scene.
1 equal rows of 1 flowers make 1 flowers. 1 × 1 = 1.
Adding rows or columns changes the total. Swapping rows and columns keeps every flower and changes the arrangement.
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Learn with Multiplication Garden
Multiplication Garden represents multiplication with flowers arranged in equal rows. Change the number of rows and the number of flowers in each row, then connect the array with its multiplication equation and total. Elementary students can use the picture to explain equal groups and compare related arrangements. Guided goals encourage children to reason about factors and products through visible objects, helping multiplication make sense as a structure they can build and count rather than a fact to memorize alone.
What to look for
Count the groups
The number of rows multiplied by the objects in each row gives the total.
Turn the arrangement
Swapping rows and columns changes the arrangement while keeping the total.
For teachers and curious learners
Understand multiplication as equal groups in an array. Ask students to predict what will happen, change one setting, and explain what they observe. Learn gives a starting point. Practice and Challenge offer new goals with the same scene.
The garden uses bounded whole-number rectangular arrays. Each flower counts as one object, and rows and columns remain equally spaced.
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