Texas Math Models

Try “number line” or “4.5D”

Number line · equal jumps

24 × 6 = 144 G3

the same 144: six big jumps, or twenty-four small ones 6 jumps of 24 +24 +24 +24 +24 +24 +24 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 6 × 24 = 144 24 jumps of 6 smaller jumps, more of them, same landing spot +6 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 24 × 6 = 144

How this one works

How

start at 0 and take equal jumps until you land on 144.

Best when

you like skip counting in your head.

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