You might be confused about the Common Core, but this fourth grader isn't. Watch Savanna Burris of Meadow Homes Elementary in Concord, California breaks down the "box method" of multiplication ...

You probably learned multiplication through the longform method that involves "carrying" over different digits. These days, many elementary school students learn to multiply using the "box method ...

The area method of multiplication is also known as the grid or box method. To use this method successfully you need to be able to: understand that the area of a rectangle is the result of a ...

The method most children learn in school, long multiplication, involves many steps with separate products you have to note and recombine later.

Learn how to use the formal written method for short multiplication. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.