Area Model

The video tutorial uses a musical format to teach multiplication through the area model. It begins with a farmer planting green beans in 14 rows of 15, demonstrating how to break down multiplication into smaller parts using place values. The process involves multiplying tens and units separately and then adding the partial products. The same method is applied to black beans, with 22 rows of 15, reinforcing the concept. The tutorial emphasizes checking work and understanding the foundation of multiplication through place values.

How did the farmer calculate the total number of green bean plants using the area model?

• By adding the number of rows and columns

• By multiplying the number of rows by the number of columns directly

• By breaking down the multiplication into smaller parts and adding the results

• By estimating the number of plants visually

What is the first step in the area model multiplication method?

• Draw a sketch of the area

• Add all the numbers together

• Multiply the tens place values

• Multiply the ones place values

In the area model, what do you do after multiplying the tens place values?

• Subtract the products

• Multiply the other place values

• Divide the products

• Estimate the total

How many black bean plants did the farmer calculate using the area model?

• 330

• 320

• 340

• 300

What is the final step in the area model multiplication process?

• Draw the area model

• Estimate the total

• Multiply the products again

• Check your work twice