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Here’s a new method for you to try! My problem is: 145 x 13 = ? Step one:
Break the numbers up into their different parts.
145 = 100 + 40 + 5
13 = 10 + 3 Step two:
Fill the numbers onto a grid like this. 100 40 5 10 3 x
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Step 3:
Begin to cross multiply each number filling the answer into the grid.
(This is just like filling in a multiplication square.) 100 40 5 10 3 x 1000 400 50 300 120 15 Step 4:
Add up each row of numbers and put your total at the side of the column. 100 40 5 3 x 1000 400 50 300 120 15 1450 435
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Step 5:
Simply add the two numbers together to get your final answer. 1 4 5 0
+ 4 3 5
1 8 8 5 How easy is that? Therefore:
145 x 13 = 1885
Challenge!
Can you use this new method to solve the problem below?
134 x 15 = ?