These arrangements all have something in common; they are all in rows and columns. An arrangement of objects, pictures, or numbers in columns and rows is called an array. Arrays are useful representations of multiplication concepts. This array has 4 rows and 3 columns. It can also be described as a 4 by 3 array. This array has 5 rows and 4 columns. It is a 5 by 4 array. Notice that the rows in each array are equal. Think of the rows as equal groups. Your students used equal groups to multiply in second grade. Look at this example. When equal groups are arranged in equal rows, an array is formed.
Sold is a novel by Patricia McCormick, published in 2006. It tells the story of a girl from Nepal named Lakshmi, who is sold into sexual slavery in India.The novel is written in a series of short, vignette-style chapters, from the point of view of the main character.The 2014 movie Sold by Oscar-winning director Jeffrey D. Brown is based on the same novel.he novel is written in a series of short, vignette-style chapters, from the point of view of the main character. The 2014 movie Sold by Oscar-winning director Jeffrey D. Brown is based on the same novel.
Lakshmiâs stepfather forces her to get a job in the city. Suddenly a world of possibility fills Lakshmiâs mind. She dreams of a new city life full of its extravagances. When Lakshmi is sold to the âHappiness Houseâ, her dream quickly fades away.ou wait for someone to explain whatâs going on âtill a woman comes into the room with a man, a customer. In Sold Patricia McCormick tells the story of how this happened to thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, a poor merchant girl born on a remote hilltop in Nepal.