Showing posts with label mental math. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Multiply two 3 digits numbers in your head

This article will show how to do multiplication of two three digits numbers from right to left. Consider 234 × 456.

Step 1: Multiply the last digits. Write 2, carry 4.



Step 2: Cross multiply the one and the tenth, and add them together. We get 53. Add the 4 that we carry to 53. We get 57. Write 7, carry 5.


Step 3: Multiply all digits, like in the figure below. We get 55. Add the 5 that we carry to 55. We get 60. Write 0, carry 6.


Step 4: Finally, multiply the two left digits. We get 22. Add the 6 that we carry to 22. Write 2, carry 2.


Step 5: Finally, multiply the left digits. Add the 2 that we carry to 8. We get 10. Write both numbers.



Therefore, the answer is 108072.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Easy Multiplication I

This technique of multiplication will do the multiplication from right to left. Let’s look at an example. 23 x 12 = 276



Step 1: Multiply the last digits.



Step 2: Cross multiply both sets of numbers and add them together.




Step 3: Finally, multiply the left digits.