# Split a big group into useful parts

Choose and explain an efficient multiplication strategy instead of counting every item again.

## Choose one job

### A

Three art folders each need 14 caption cards.

[Use this complete brief](../ordinary/day-64-A.html)

### B

Six display trays each need 12 blank labels.

[Use this complete brief](../ordinary/day-64-B.html)

### C

Seven mini-game packs each need 13 counters.

[Use this complete brief](../ordinary/day-64-C.html)

## Make your own plan

Make/draw, talk/sign/point/dictate, type or use paper. Label what each quantity counts. Check your work and make a useful message for the organiser. Try one instruction at a time, a quiet place, a pause or larger pieces. A/B/C are choices, not labels for people.

[My four-space worksheet](../worksheets/W04.html) · [Ordinary blank mat](../assets/aids/V08.svg) · [Full mat alternative](../assets/aids/V08.alt.html) · [Plan Bench](../tool/index.html)

Optional: [Home job](../home/H04.html) · [Project job](../projects/X04.html)