Teach your students to use bar models and multiplication to find a fraction of a whole number.

Teach your students to multiply a 3-digit factor by a 1-digit factor using base ten models and the standard algorithm.

Students will create angles by folding construction paper, creating angle addition sentences, and then adding the sum of angles on their models.

Challenge students to relate the multiplication of decimals to that of whole numbers. Have them justify their estimations in partners. Use this lesson on its own or use it as support to the lesson Multiply Decimals with Models.

In this lesson, your students will calculate and illustrate area for rectangles using area models, where one side length includes a fraction.