Bram the elf toymaker waving beside an area model that splits 3 × 46 into 120 and 18, with the title Bram's Workshop Area Models

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Bram's Workshop Area Models: 2-Digit × 1-Digit

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Bram the workshop elf shows how to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number with an area model. Students split a number into tens and ones, drag each equation into its part, find the partial products and add them for the total, then solve two holiday word problems. Directions are read aloud, and every wrong try gets a hint that points to the strategy.

Lesson details

Grade level
Grades 3–5
Standards
  • 4.NBT.B.5
Length
8 scenes, 17 questions
What students do
  • Drag and drop
  • Multiple choice
Audio
Includes audio
Scoring
Includes scored questions
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What's included

  • 7 narrated activities: split a number, place the equations, find partial products and totals, and 2 word problems
  • Spoken and written strategy hints after a wrong try

Learning objectives

  • Use an area model to show 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication
  • Find partial products and add them to get the total
  • Solve word problems with multiplication

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