Worksheet: Multiplication | Abacus - Class 1 PDF Download

Instructions: 

Imagine you have a Soroban abacus with beads. Each bead is worth 1. Use the abacus in your mind (or draw beads if you like) to solve these multiplication problems. Multiplication means adding a number to itself a certain number of times. Write your answers in the boxes!

1. You have 2 beads, and you add them 2 times (2 × 2). How many beads in total?
   Answer: ____
2. Take 3 beads, and repeat them 2 times (3 × 2). How many beads are there?
   Answer: ____
3. You have 1 bead, and you add it 3 times (1 × 3). What’s the total?
   Answer: ____
4. Take 4 beads, and repeat them 2 times (4 × 2). How many beads in all?
   Answer: ____
5. You have 2 beads, and you add them 3 times (2 × 3). How many beads are there?
   Answer: ____
6. Take 5 beads, and repeat them 1 time (5 × 1). What’s the total?
   Answer: ____
7. You have 3 beads, and you add them 3 times (3 × 3). How many beads in total?
   Answer: ____
8. Take 2 beads, and repeat them 4 times (2 × 4). How many beads are there?
   Answer: ____
9. You have 4 beads, and you add them 1 time (4 × 1). What’s the total?
   Answer: ____
10. Take 3 beads, and repeat them 4 times (3 × 4). How many beads in all?
    Answer: ____

Bonus Fun: Draw an abacus with 6 beads to show 2 × 3!

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