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Description
⭐ Multiplying Decimals using Area Models gives students hands-on practice with decimal multiplication while helping them strengthen place value and number sense. Colorful pictorial task cards and an engaging I Have/Who Has game let students actively explore decimals, while providing teachers with ready-to-use activities for whole-group, small-group, or workstation use.
✨ Why it matters
Multiplying decimals can feel abstract, but area models make the process visual and concrete. Students see how decimals interact and connect the models to multiplication expressions, building a stronger understanding of place value and decimal relationships.
✨ How it helps
This resource turns a tricky concept into meaningful, active practice. Students engage with task cards, grid paper, and the game to explore decimal multiplication, reinforcing skills in a hands-on, low-prep way.
✨ Ways to use
- Whole-group guided practice
- Small-group math intervention
- Independent workstations or centers
- Partner or class review with the game
✨ What’s included
- 30 “I Have/Who Has?” cards using area models for tenths × tenths (products to hundredths)
- 42 task cards (21 with area model visuals + 21 with matching multiplication expressions)
- Decimal grid paper for students to draw their own area models
- 4 digital files for use with Google Slides™
This versatile resource makes decimal multiplication approachable, engaging, and hands-on, helping students master both the why and how behind the concept.
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a GREAT visual breakdown of the modeling of multiplication of decimals. It separates it nicely into a variety of decimals types and offers good practice for learning." Carol N.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great find! This is a concept that we never seem to have enough practice with, and these ready-made cards are perfect!" Lynn C.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great for conceptual understanding--such a great tool." Sheri R.
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
TEKS MA.5.3.H Represent multiplication of decimals with products to the hundredths using objects and pictorial models, including area models.
CCSS 5.NBT.B.7 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings.
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Multiplying Decimals with Area Models | Pictorial Task Cards & Game | 5th Grade
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What others say
Description
⭐ Multiplying Decimals using Area Models gives students hands-on practice with decimal multiplication while helping them strengthen place value and number sense. Colorful pictorial task cards and an engaging I Have/Who Has game let students actively explore decimals, while providing teachers with ready-to-use activities for whole-group, small-group, or workstation use.
✨ Why it matters
Multiplying decimals can feel abstract, but area models make the process visual and concrete. Students see how decimals interact and connect the models to multiplication expressions, building a stronger understanding of place value and decimal relationships.
✨ How it helps
This resource turns a tricky concept into meaningful, active practice. Students engage with task cards, grid paper, and the game to explore decimal multiplication, reinforcing skills in a hands-on, low-prep way.
✨ Ways to use
- Whole-group guided practice
- Small-group math intervention
- Independent workstations or centers
- Partner or class review with the game
✨ What’s included
- 30 “I Have/Who Has?” cards using area models for tenths × tenths (products to hundredths)
- 42 task cards (21 with area model visuals + 21 with matching multiplication expressions)
- Decimal grid paper for students to draw their own area models
- 4 digital files for use with Google Slides™
This versatile resource makes decimal multiplication approachable, engaging, and hands-on, helping students master both the why and how behind the concept.
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a GREAT visual breakdown of the modeling of multiplication of decimals. It separates it nicely into a variety of decimals types and offers good practice for learning." Carol N.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great find! This is a concept that we never seem to have enough practice with, and these ready-made cards are perfect!" Lynn C.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Great for conceptual understanding--such a great tool." Sheri R.
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
TEKS MA.5.3.H Represent multiplication of decimals with products to the hundredths using objects and pictorial models, including area models.
CCSS 5.NBT.B.7 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings.
⏩⏩⏩⏩ Be sure to Leave a Review in "Your Purchases" on your dashboard to earn free credits good toward the purchase of future products!
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE…
✅ Multiplying with the Area Model Using Base-10 Blocks: DIGITAL ONLY
✅ MULTIPLICATION Missing Digits Task Cards | Multi-Digit Multiplication Scoot Game
✅ 2-Digit by 2-Digit Multiplication Area Model Puzzle Task Cards
CONNECT WITH MATH COACH'S CORNER
Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on ‘Follow Me’ next to my Seller picture to receive notifications of new products and upcoming sales. Visit my blog for K-5 math tips and freebies you can use tomorrow in your classroom. You can also find me on Facebook.
TERMS OF USE
Copyright © Math Coach's Corner.
For personal and single-classroom use only.
To share this resource with friends or colleagues, please purchase additional licenses.
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