Wyoming Math 4.NBT.5
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Use strategies based on place value and the properties of multiplication to: Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number. Multiply a pair of two-digit numbers. Use appropriate models to explain the calculation, such as by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
2023 Wyoming Mathematics Content and Performance Standards · Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic (limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000).
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What Students Need to Do
- Students multiply numbers of up to four digits by one digit. They also multiply two two-digit numbers. They break numbers into place-value parts and use an area model or equation to show how the parts combine.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can solve 2,346 × 4 and 24 × 36 using partial products. They can label each section of an area model and match it to a product in their equation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may solve 24 × 36 by adding only 20 × 30 and 4 × 6, leaving out two products. Others treat 30 as 3 or add partial products in the wrong columns.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Solve 23 × 14 and 1,208 × 3. Draw an area model for one problem and write an equation that matches its parts.
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Ways to Teach It
Give pairs grid paper to draw a 24 by 13 rectangle, split it at 20 and 10, and label all four products.
Ask students to compare 32 × 15 with 30 × 10 + 2 × 5 and explain which products are missing.
Play partial-product match with cards showing multiplication problems, partial products, and totals; have groups assemble and check complete sets.
Give students an order for 28 boxes of 16 pencils and ask them to sketch an area model to find the total.
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