3.4.G

Math3rd Grade

The Standard

use strategies and algorithms, including the standard algorithm, to multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Strategies may include mental math, partial products, and the commutative, associative, and distributive properties

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number using place value. They break numbers apart, combine partial products, and use the standard written method.

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately solve problems with and without regrouping. They record each step clearly, combine partial products correctly, and use estimation or another method to check the answer.

Common Misconceptions

Students may multiply the ones but forget the tens, or treat 3 tens as 3 ones. They may also regroup incorrectly or place partial products in the wrong columns.

How to Assess It

Give this exit ticket: Solve 27 × 6 using the standard algorithm and one other method. Show how both methods produce the same answer.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Build 23 × 4 with base-ten blocks, regroup the ones, then sketch the model and write matching equations.

  2. Compare two solutions for 36 × 7 and discuss which steps show the tens, ones, and regrouped amount.

  3. Draw one two-digit card and one one-digit card, multiply them, and earn a point after a partner checks each step.

  4. Calculate how many juice boxes are needed for seven classes if each class receives 24 boxes.

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