LESSON 1 Break-Apart Products with Larger Numbers

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“Let's review the break-apart method for solving multiplication problems,” said Mrs. Dewey. “It is a way to solve multiplication problems by breaking them apart into easier problems.

Look at this 7 6 rectangle.

There are 5 6 = 30
gray squares and
2 6 = 12 white squares. So, 7 6 = 5 6 + 2 6
= 30 + 12
= 42.”