Learn how to carry out multiplication using the area method. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

The box method better illustrates what's going on in a multiple-digit multiplication problem, making students understand that 23 times 7 is just the sum of 20 times 7 and 3 times 7.

Four Wappingers Central School District students completed in long multiplication, including 96-digit numbers.

The Common Core State Standards teach students the algorithm for multi-digit addition and subtraction in 4th grade. But some experts say it should be taught sooner.