Question

make a rectangular array of 5 squares.
what multiplication sentence describes the array you made?
$\square \cdot \square = 5$

Explanation:

Step1: Recall rectangular array

A rectangular array of squares has rows and columns. The total number of squares is rows × columns.

Step2: Find factors of 5

The factors of 5 are 1 and 5 (since \(1\times5 = 5\) or \(5\times1=5\)). So we can have 1 row and 5 columns or 5 rows and 1 column.

Answer:

\(1\times5 = 5\) (or \(5\times1 = 5\))