LESSON 8 Workshop: Multiplication Strategies

Multiplication Digits Game

Tanya and Jerome were playing the Multiplication Digits Game. They wanted to get the largest product.

1. Tanya's playing board looked like this:

1. Find Tanya's product using the all-partials method.
2. Solve the problem a second way to check the reasonableness of your answer.
2. Jerome's playing board looked like this:

1. Find Jerome's product using the compact method.
2. Solve the problem a second way to check the reasonableness of your answer.
3. Who had the largest product?

Use a variety of multiplication strategies on the Practice Multiplication Strategies pages in the Student Activity Book. When you are finished, play Multiplication Digits Game with a partner.