Multiplication with 11 was not that easy - Learn this trick.

in maths •  8 years ago 

We always used the normal way of multiplication while multiplying any number with 11. The former method is like

                 2678 
                     x11

                  2678
               2678x

                29458

Now with trick

write a 0 on both the sides of the number

   026780
  (abcdef)

Now starting from the end start adding the two number in the format

(a+b)(b+c)(c+d)(d+e)(e+f)

If the any added number generates a number greater than 9 like 10, 12, 15 carry the number and add it to the to the left. So the answer for 2678*11 with trick format is

   026780
  (abcdef)

(a+b)(b+c)(c+d)(d+e)(e+f)
(0+2)(2+6)(6+7)(7+8)(8+0)

(2)(8)(13)(15)(8)
Now this would be

carrying 1 from 15 and adding to 13 makes it 14

(2)(8)(14)58

carrying 1 from 14 and adding to 8 makes it 9

(2)(9)458

29485

So this is a trick to multiply any number with 11

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good trick - i am now following you support

Thanks a ton. More tricks to follow. Stay tuned :)
Resteem for spreading this

This could turn out handy at a party. They'll think I'm a genius. Sweet!

Hahaha. Spread the knowledge. You will be a genious after learning these tricks :)
Resteem to spread the knowledge

Edit and correct your final answer. Also I noticed you ditched the 1s in 14 and 15 and picked only 4 & 5 without explaining it in the procedure

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  ·  8 years ago (edited)

I presented one of my own math tricks on Steemit. It is multiplying with 5's.
I have 3 different methods. Please check them out. https://steemit.com/education/@johnwjr7/fun-with-5-s-1