Connecting Multiplication in Arithmetic to Algebra

Let's review what was multiplied:

 

Two tens & three ones               2 3
One ten & eight ones              
1
8

 

Eight times three   8 * 3   =   2 4
Eight times twenty   8 * 2 0 = 1 6 0
Tens time three 1 0 * 3   =   3 0
Ten times twenty 1 0 * 2 0 = 2 0 0
             
4
1
4

 

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