"Repeated Addition and Division Strategies With Visual Aids" is a worksheet that encourages a deeper understanding of repeated addition and division strategies by using visual aids.

Each worksheet includes four types of problems:

* Students circle a certain number of books in a series, like circling every 3 books. They write how many circles they drew and count how many groups there are.

* Word problems that ask students to put a different number of shirts in different numbers of groups. Then, they display it as a repeated addition problem, like having 2 groups of 2 shirts that would be represented by the equation 2 + 2 = ___ shirts.

* Putting a certain number of kangaroos in equal groups and then writing how many are in each group.

* Putting a certain number of pigs into equal groups and then writing how many are in each group.

Each page includes one of every type of problem with images to circle and blanks to fill inside an outline so students can see each problem clearly and write down the answer in the correct space.

Building the principles of multiplication and division is easier for students when they are able to visualize real-world situations that utilize repeated addition and division strategies. For example, students can sort a large number of items into smaller piles, like separating a group of 10 buttons into two equal groups. They can do the same thing on a worksheet where they circle groups of items, like circling groups of three books in a series and seeing how many groups they circled compared to the total.

As students practice, you can have them fill in a repeated addition problem or have them write the matching multiplication problem. As their knowledge grows, they could also be asked to write the matching division problem.