Lesson 4: Partial Product Method

Performance Objective: Given physical manipulatives, students will solve 3 out of 4 problems

correctly using the Partial Product method.

Resources or Materials Needed: Anchor chart, physical manipulatives, multiplication chart,

practice problems prepared (see appendix A:1), exit ticket, Khan Academy activities

Time: 60 minutes

Step 1: Pre-Instructional Activities: Write a problem on the board and have the students solve

it independently using the area model. Have them partner up and share their steps, how they

solved it and compare answers. They should discuss the context of the problem and the

representation of it as well.

Step 2: Content Presentation: Write and explain objective on board. The focus of this lesson

will be solving multiplication problems using the partial products method. This is sort of a bridge

between the area model and the standard algorithm. Model a two by one-digit problem on the

board (Use same example of 23x5 to keep consistency, one by one-digit does not work with this

method). The steps of this method include:

 Breaking apart the numbers (23 = 20 + 3)

 Compute: 20 x 5 = 100

 Computer: 3 x 5 = 15

 Add answer: 100 + 15 = 115

 Check answer

Then model a two by two-digit (the same problem of 23x15). Record this example on the anchor

chart in the next box and have students copy down in their notebook. Give the students a
problem to solve independently (see Appendix A:1) that must get checked off before proceeding

to the exit ticket.

Example of Partial Products Method and anchor

chart:

(Use this as a guide to modeling the Partial

Products Method. Be sure to have students copy

down in notebooks. Check to make sure students

are lining up the numbers correctly and

decomposing the numbers correctly to write out

the problems.)

Step 3: Feedback: Allow students to use multiplication charts when solving problems.

Encourage students to use physical manipulatives or pictures to represent the problem as needed.

Monitor and guide students through using this method. Encourage students to compare this

method to the area model. What is similar? What is different? What do they like about this

method? What do they like about Area Model? Make sure students are aligning the numbers

correctly when adding the answers up.

Step 4: Assessment: Exit ticket for Partial Products. (See Appendix B:4)
Step 5: Practice: Direct students to Khan Academy to work independently through the activities

and get some extra practice and review. Have them complete the Multiplying by 10s, 100s, and

1000s through practice multiplying by 10s.