Texas Math Models

Models & Strategies · Grades 3–4

Multiplication: Six Ways to Multiply

One problem, 24 × 6 = 144, worked six ways, from the strategies that build the most understanding to the ones that are fastest.

Equal groups · repeated addition

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Array · skip-count the rows

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Number line · equal jumps

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Area model · break apart a factor

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Partial products

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Standard algorithm

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