The dots below represent $6 \times 3$.
**Find the product by breaking $6\times3$ up into two expressions.**
$6\times 3 = \blueD(~$[[☃ math-keypad 1]]$~\blueD{ \times 3)}+\greenD{(2 \times 3)}$
$\phantom{6\times 3 }=~$[[☃ math-keypad 2]] $+~\greenD{6}$
$\phantom{8\times 3 }=~$[[☃ math-keypad 3]]