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2 digit by 2 digit multiplication worksheet with area models free pdf
I typically begin my fifth grade multiplication unit with this 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication strategies worksheet. I find it's a good way to help my students remember the strategies for 2-digit multiplication that they learned in fourth grade. While I use this for fifth grade as a review, I think it would also work well for more introductory or practice work for fourth graders learning 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication.
Although MathFactLab and this blog are mostly dedicated to the teaching and development of multiplication fact fluency, as I am a fifth-grade teacher, I like to use this space to also share other materials that I find helpful in my teaching. So, while knowing their multiplication facts and their additions ones too will certainly be helpful, this worksheet is more specifically aimed at multiplying 2 digit numbers.
Free Practice PDF Worksheet for 4th or 5th graders
Learning How to Multiply 2-digit Numbers by 2-digit Numbers
There's only four problems, one of them is a story problem. Each problem is accompanied by a base-10 area model and an open array. There is plenty of space provided to do partial products multiplication or even the standard algorithm for multiplication.
Below is page 2 of the worksheet.
I find this approach particularly useful because whichever approach students use to solve 2-digit multiplication, it can be tied back to area models. For example, if a student is multiplying 20x30 - in their open array or with partial products - and comes up with a product of 60 (a typical place-value mistake), I can point to the area model and ask if in the 20x30 section of it there are only 60 squares. Basically, the presence of the area model makes mistakes more noticeable and anchors more efficient strategies back to a less abstract model.