Many Zoos, Many Animals - a multiplication strategy

This strategy is useful in supporting students who are not confident in using long multiplication.  I have found it particular useful with students who frequently forget to add the zero when multiplying the tens.

Many	Zoos	Many	Animals
multiply	zero	multiply	add
			53  X 26    318   1060   1378
Step 1	Multiply
Step 2	Zero This allows us to move to the tens place
Step 3	Multiply
Step 4	Add