Grade 4 Math lesson plan: Multi-digit multiplication
Topic: Multiplying multi-digit whole numbers with area models and partial products (4.NBT.B.5). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.
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Prerequisite skills to check: fluently multiplying and dividing within 100 (3.OA.C.7); multiplying one-digit numbers by multiples of 10 (3.NBT.A.3); using the distributive property to break apart a factor (3.OA.B.5).
Key vocabulary: factor, product, partial product, area model, expanded form, place value, distributive property, estimate.
Warm-up idea: Show a 23-by-14 rectangle of graph paper and ask how many squares it holds without counting one by one. Let students argue about where to cut it, then cut it into 20 + 3 by 10 + 4 and add the four pieces.
Exit ticket idea: Students solve 3 x 1,246 and 36 x 52 with an area model, write the matching partial-products equation for each, and use an estimate to say whether a classmate's answer of 1,772 for 36 x 52 is reasonable.
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