Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Array · skip-count the rows

24 × 6 = 144 G3

the same 144 squares, just turned 6 rows of 2424 rows of 6 6 rows 24487296120144 24 in each row · skip-count down 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144 6 × 24 = 144 6 in each row 24 rows same squares, turned a quarter turn 24 × 6 = 144

How this one works

How

build rows and columns, then skip-count the rows to the total.

Best when

you want to see both factors at once.

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