Archive for April, 2008

Apr 26 2008

Quick multiplication trick

Published by D'Arcy Gregoire under Math

Here’s a quick trick for mentally multiplying two numbers which are greater than or equal to 10 but less than 20.
Let’s use 18 and 19 as an example.
Add the second digit in one of the numbers to the other number.
18 + 9 = 27
Now, add a zero (mulitply by 10)
27 x 10 = 270
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