Using partial products, 36 x 4 is written as (30 x 4) + (6 x 4). Using place value blocks (array) you can show this by creating 3 columns of 10 across plus 6 individual blocks and repeating this 4 times (4 rows of 30 + 6).
What You Show
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What You Write
36 * 4
24 + 120
144
Hope that helped!