--- title: "Hands On Maths" url: "https://springfieldprimaryacademy.net/blog/2019-01-11-12-15-00-hands-on-maths" school: "Springfield Primary Academy" --- # Hands On Maths 11 January 2019 This week, the children have started to multiply two digits by two digits. They began by looking at the area model, which uses base 10 to create a physical multiplication model in order to find the answer. Step 1: build the length and the width using the multiplication calculation 32 x 24 Step 2: multiply the length by the width Step 3: find the total of each area Once this has been completed, the children added up the total amounts to find the answer. 600 + 120 + 40 + 8 = 768 Following this, the children began to draw the diagrams. Although they found this tricky at first, they all challenged themselves and are now confident in finding the answers. [ Time travellers – toys](https://springfieldprimaryacademy.net/blog/2019-01-11-12-00-00-time-travellers-toys) [Welcome back! ](https://springfieldprimaryacademy.net/blog/2019-01-11-15-15-00-welcome-back) ### Comments ### Leave a Comment ![Springfield Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/springfield-primary-academy-2/images/icon/Springfield-Logo-2.png) ### Springfield Primary Academy Springwood Crescent, Grimsby DN33 3HG 01472 230260 © Copyright 2026 Springfield Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://springfieldprimaryacademy.net/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)