Teach your students to use partial products as a strategy to multiply multi-digit numbers.

Discuss correct decimal placement using logical arguments and by multiplying whole numbers. Use this lesson as a standalone lesson or use it as support to the lesson Multiply Decimals.

Teach your students to recognize patterns of zeros when multiplying by powers of 10 with exponents.

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.

Make multiplying by powers of ten more accessible to your students by focusing on patterns in the number of zeros!