standard_description: Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to whole numbers less than or equal to 1,000,000.
problem_activity: Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice working with two-digit numbers. Students choose from any stage of previously introduced centers.
Write Numbers
Grab and Count
Five in a Row
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Materials from previous centers
Required Preparation
Gather materials from previous centers:
Write Numbers, Stages 1 and 2
Grab and count, Stage 2
Five in a Row, Stages 1–3
Launch
Groups of 2
“Now you are going to choose from centers we have already learned.”
Display the center choices in the student book.
“Think about what you would like to do.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Activity
Invite students to work at the center of their choice.
10 minutes: center work time
Student Facing
Choose a center.
Write Numbers
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Grab and Count
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Five in a Row
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Activity Synthesis
“Mai is playing Grab and Count with her partner. She organized her cubes into 4 towers of 10 and 3 ones. Her partner organized her cubes into 2 towers of 10. How many cubes do they have together?”


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