PhET Area Model Introduction
Uses area models to show multiplication and factoring of whole numbers.
Artifact by PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder)
Use it
Opens phet.colorado.edu in a new tab. Nothing to install.
- You provide
- Dimensions of a rectangle
- You get
- Area partitions
- Account
- No sign-up needed
- AI
- No AI: a plain tool
- Your input
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- Price
- Free to use
- Made with
- Open-source web app
- Source
- Open source
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- Answered on Oct 31, 2026
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- First seen
- Oct 31, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 31, 2026
- Source
- GitHub
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PhET Area Model Introduction: free online tool. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/artifacts/phet-area-model-introduction (last updated 2026-10-31)