This math skill teaches how to multiply two multi-digit numbers using column organization. It involves multiplying each digit of the smaller number by the larger number, adjusting for place value, and then summing the results to get the final product.
Multiplying two multi-digit numbers
Test your understanding of multiplication of multi-digit numbers by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's multiply these multiple digit numbers.
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First we will want to organize the multiplication in columns as it will be a bit easier to keep track of
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We'll start with the ones digit and perform the multiplication. 426 times 1 is just 426, so let's write that in the first row under the line.
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Now, we can work on the 3 digit, which represents 30. Let's multiply 426 by 3 to get 1278, and write it in starting in the tens place.
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When we add a zero, making it 12780, we've made it into 30 times 426
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Now we just add the 1 times 426, and the 30 times 426, to get our product, which is 31 times 426