This particular strategy that I tried (and used with success) has the students using the distributive property of multiplication, with a bit of additional scaffolding and support.When I first introduced this strategy to my struggling multiplication students, I immediately saw light bulbs go off. I knew I had to change something the year I had half of my class not mastering their math facts in 5th grade. And I also have had students who just sit there for several minutes because they don’t know 7 x 8 and were not taught any strategies to help them figure it out. However, this is a “I have got to be able to figure out what 7 x 8 is to solve this multi-digit problem, and I don’t have time to draw a picture of 7 circles with 8 dots inside each circle.” Yes, I literally have students in 5th grade who resort to this each year. I will tell you that it is not a “quick fix” strategy. Using the Distributive Property of Multiplication to Master Multiplication Facts
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