Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Partial Products

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

4

Overview

This visual tool illustrates how to decompose numbers and find four different products. As students' skills improve, they will move from this pictorial model into a concrete method called partial products. 

    Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 4

    MA19.4.11

    Find the product of two factors (up to four digits by a one-digit number and two two-digit numbers), using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:MA19.4.11

    Vocabulary

    • Product
    • Factor
    • Compose
    • Decompose
    • Digit
    • Strategy
    • Place value
    • Properties of operations
    • Equation
    • Rectangular array
    • Area model
    • Partial product
    • Multiple of 10

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • How to compose and decompose numbers in a variety of ways using place value and the properties of operations.
    • How to represent the product of two factors using an area model.
    • Use strategies based on place value (partial products), the properties of operations, arrays and area models to represent a two digit factor times a two digit factor.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Use strategies based on place value and the properties of operations to find products.
    • Illustrate the product of two factors using rectangular arrays and area models.
    • Explain the product of two factors using equations.
    • Make connections between models and equations.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • arrays, area models, place value strategies, and the properties of operations can be used to find products of a single digit factor by a multi-digit factor and products of two two-digit factors.
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    Resource Provider

    PBS
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    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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