Curriculum placement
Grade 5. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
The standard multiplication algorithm
Multiply multidigit whole numbers using a standard algorithm
Problem types
- Multiply multidigit numbers
- Rows of the standard multiplication algorithm
- Find the error in a multiplication
Builds on
- Multiplying with partial products
- Adding or subtracting 10 or 100 mentally · Useful idea
Multiplying by 10 or 100 mentally shifts digits and is the first partial product in a multi-digit multiplication.
Leads to
Related skills
- Adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials · Related idea
Multiplying multi-digit numbers multiplies each pair of place values, the way multiplying polynomials multiplies each pair of terms.
- Converting to a smaller unit · Shared foundations
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