Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Skip count the rows

7 × 12 = 84 square units G3

one row at a time, keeping a running total6121824303642767 × 6 = 42122436486072847127 × 12 = 84every row adds the same amount, which is what makes it multiplying

How this one works

How

count one row, then keep adding that many: 12, 24, 36, all the way down.

Best when

you can skip count by the number in a row.

seen one of these on a test? See it on a real question: TEKS 3.6C, area with unit squares, or TEKS 4.5D, perimeter and area of rectangles.

The same problem, other ways