Lee said that the multiplication fact 5×5=___

can be used to check 10÷5=___
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Lee is pointing out that the multiplication fact \( 5 \times 5 = 25 \) can be used to check the division fact \( 10 \div 5 = 2 \).

This is because division and multiplication are inverse operations. If we know that \( 10 \div 5 = 2 \), we can check it by multiplying back: \( 2 \times 5 = 10 \).

Similarly, if we multiply \( 5 \times 5 = 25 \), that's another multiplication fact, but it doesn't directly check the division fact \( 10 \div 5 \).

However, to clarify:

  • The multiplication fact \( 5 \times 2 = 10 \) can be used to check \( 10 \div 5 = 2 \).
  • The multiplication fact \( 5 \times 5 = 25 \) is unrelated to checking \( 10 \div 5 \).

So, the correct associations would be something like this:

  • \( 5 \times 2 = 10 \) checks \( 10 \div 5 = 2 \).