To give a visual representation of what is involved in 2-digit multiplication, I then
drew upon the area representation for multiplication. For this, 65 x 34 was broken up
into (60 + 5) (30 + 4), and these were shown to represent the sides of a rectangle whose
area is obtained by multiplying these lengths. The diagram (Figure 1) shows a rectangle
subdivided into 4 smaller rectangles, with the partial products being obtained from a
combination of the subdivided rectangles