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# Muliplication and Equal Groups
- URL: https://learn-with-alicia.ghost.io/school-garden-groups/
- Published: 2026-08-08T21:29:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-08T23:37:19.000Z
- Description: Use equal groups and multiplication to plan a school garden.
- Author: Alicia  Lund
- Tags: maths-primary-4

{  
"finish": "You used equal groups to plan the garden. Well done!",  
"steps": \[  
{  
"question": "There are 4 garden beds. Each bed has 3 tomato plants. How many plants are there altogether?",  
"card": "4 groups of 3 = \_\_\_",  
"choices": \["7", "12", "16"\],  
"answer": 1,  
"good": "Correct. Four groups of three make 12 plants.",  
"help": "Count 3 four times: 3, 6, 9, 12."  
},  
{  
"question": "Which multiplication sentence matches 5 rows of 2 cabbages?",  
"card": "5 rows, with 2 cabbages in each row",  
"choices": \["5 × 2 = 10", "5 + 2 = 7", "10 ÷ 2 = 5"\],  
"answer": 0,  
"good": "Yes. Five groups of two equal 10.",  
"help": "Multiplication helps us count equal groups quickly."  
},  
{  
"question": "A class plants 6 rows of 4 beans. How many bean plants do they plant?",  
"card": "6 × 4 = \_\_\_",  
"choices": \["10", "20", "24"\],  
"answer": 2,  
"good": "Excellent. Six groups of four make 24.",  
"help": "Count in fours six times: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24."  
},  
{  
"question": "Which picture description shows 3 × 5?",  
"card": "Choose the equal groups.",  
"choices": \["3 groups of 5 seeds", "3 seeds and 5 seeds", "5 groups of 3 and 2 extra seeds"\],  
"answer": 0,  
"good": "Exactly. Three equal groups of five are 3 × 5.",  
"help": "The first number tells us how many groups. The second tells us how many are in each group."  
}  
\]  
}