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Multiplying Three digit Numbers with Middle digit 5

Multiplying two selected 3-digit numbers
(middle digit 5)
  1. Select a 3-digit number with a middle digit of 5 (last digit not zero).
  2. Choose a multiplier with the same first two digits, whose third digit sums to 10 with the third digit of the first 3-digit number.
  3. The last three digits will be 0 and the product of the third digits:
    _ _ _ 0 X X.
  4. The third digit from the right will be the first digit + 3 (keep the carry):
    _ _ X _ _.
  5. The first digit will be the first digit times the next number plus the carry:
    X X _ _ _ _.

Repeat those digits from left to right as you get them.

Example:

  1. If the first number is 752, choose 758 as the second number (same first digits, third digits add to 10).
  2. Last three digits: 0 and the product of the third digits:
    2 × 8 = 16: _ _ 0 1 6
  3. Next digit: first digit + 3:
    7 + 3 = 10 (keep carry 1):
    _ _ 0 _ _ _
  4. First two digits: first digit times next number plus carry:
    7 × 8 = 56, 56 + 1 = 57: 5 7 _ _ _ _
  5. So 752 × 758 = 570016.

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