Use area models to show why multiplication can be split up: a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c.
The area model is a way to multiply by drawing a rectangle, splitting each number into tens and ones, and multiplying the smaller pieces. Adding the pieces g…
The area model turns a hard multiplication problem into four easy ones. Here is how it works, why teachers love it, and how it connects to the method you lea…
Six multiplication problems with area model boxes already drawn, from 23 × 4 up to 25 × 16. For 3rd and 4th graders learning to multiply bigger numbers.
