Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Partial products

24 × 6 = 144 G3–G4

the area model, written as numbers · smallest place first 2-digit × 1-digit2-digit × 2-digit 246 × 24120 + 6 × 46 × 20 144 2415 × 20100 40200 + 5 × 45 × 20 10 × 410 × 20 360

How this one works

How

multiply each part, then add them all up.

Best when

you prefer to break the problem into steps.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 3.4K, one- and two-step problems, or TEKS 3.5B, writing the equation first.

The same problem, other ways