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At a party surprise your friends with this spectacular way of multiplying large numbers together in your head.

  • Suppose you want to multiply 88 by 98.

    Not easy,you might think. But with
    VERTICALLY AND CROSSWISE you can give
    the answer immediately, using the same method
    as before.

    Both 88 and 98 are close to 100.
    88 is 12 below 100 and 98 is 2 below 100.

    You can imagine the sum set out like this:



    As before the 86 comes from
    subtracting crosswise: 88 - 2 = 86
    (or 98 - 12 = 86: you can subtract
    either way, you will always get
    the same answer).
    And the 24 in the answer is
    just 12 x 2: you multiply vertically.
    So 88 x 98 = 8624
     


This is so easy it is just mental arithmetic.

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and where there is pattern there is
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