The page for multiplication tricks!
| The 25’s trick | ||
| Get a number | 12 | |
| multiply it by 100 | 1200 | |
| Divide that number by 4. | 300 | |
| That's your answer for 12 x 25. | ||
| Now let's say the number is 43 | 43 | |
| Times it by 100. | 4300 | |
| Divide it by four. | 100 | |
| You have a remainder of 3. Multiply it by 25 and write it down. | 10075 | |
| That's the answer to 43 x 25. |
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| The 50’s trick | It is the same as the 25’s trick except for you divide by 2, and you multiply the remainder by 50. |
The 101’s trick.
To multiply any 2-digit number by 101, just write
it down twice. 34 x 101= 3434 However, if it is a 1-digit number, put a
zero in between. 2 x 101= 202
FOIL
Foil is far by the most important, if you can’t
remember the 25, 50, or another trick, remember this one!!! F O +
I L I U N A R T N S S E E T T R R Really, you should do LIOF. 12 x 13 Last
numbers, 2 & 3. 2 x 3= 6 6 Inner, 2 & 1 2 x 1= 2 (remember 2) Outer,
1 &3 1 x 3= 3 (remember 3) + , add the inner answer and the outer.
2+3=5 56 First, 1 x 1= 1 156 Thats your answer, 156!!
11’s trick
To multiply any number by 11, first, get a number!!
765 Second of all, write the last digit. 5 Add the last digit to the one
on it’s left. 5+6=11 15 (remember 1) Add the next number to it’s next.
( Add a number that you remembered if you have to.) 415 Repeat the last
step till needed to. Write down the first digit. ( Add a number you remembered
if you have to.) 8415 You got it! 8415 is the answer!!!
Good Luck trying these on your own!!!!
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