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Split or Stack

Teams solve multi-digit multiplication one step at a time. Each problem, choose Split it (area model and partial products) or the standard algorithm, then check each other's work and call Challenge! on mistakes.

Grades 4–5Step-by-step team game1–6 players or teamsNo student loginsWorks offline

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What students practice

Estimating products by rounding, area models, partial products, splitting one factor or both factors by place value, multiplying by multiples of 10 and 100, adding partial products, the standard algorithm with carrying, multiplying by the ones and tens digits with a placeholder zero, adding rows, checking and correcting a partner's steps

Standards

OAS 4.N.2.2–3 · 5.N.2.4

Common Core: 4.NBT.B.5 · 5.NBT.B.5

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How it works

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