Three Digits Times Two Digits

Split 243 × 36 into partial products on an area model.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 11

Now let's try 243 times 36. Split 243 into 200, 40, and 3. Split 36 into 30 and 6. That makes 2 rows of 3 parts.
Fill in each part. For example, 30 times 200 is 6,000, because 3 times 2 is 6, and the zeros tell the place.
Add each row. The top row is 7,290, and the bottom row is 1,458.
Together, they make 8,748. Each part is easy, and the model keeps you from losing any of them.

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

5.NR.2.1 — Fluently multiply multi-digit (up to 3-digit by 2-digit) whole numbers to solve authentic problems.