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Grade 4 Multiplication

Area Models & Partial Products

Steps

  1. Break it by place value: 63 = 60 + 3.
  2. Box it: draw an area model with one part for each place.
  3. Multiply each part: 4 × 60 = 240, 4 × 3 = 12.
  4. Add the partial products: 240 + 12 = 252. Bigger: 3 × 248 = 600 + 120 + 24 = 744.
  5. This is the Distributive Property: 4 × 63 = (4 × 60) + (4 × 3).
  6. Rhyme: “Break it, box it, multiply, add!”

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