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Multiplying two selected 3-digit numbers
(middle digit 5)
- Select a 3-digit number with a middle digit of 5 (last digit not zero).
- 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.
- The last three digits will be 0 and the product of the third digits:
_ _ _ 0 X X.
- The third digit from the right will be the first digit + 3 (keep the carry):
_ _ X _ _.
- 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:
- If the first number is 752, choose 758 as the second number (same first digits, third digits add to 10).
- Last three digits: 0 and the product of the third digits:
2 × 8 = 16: _ _ 0 1 6
- Next digit: first digit + 3:
7 + 3 = 10 (keep carry 1):
_ _ 0 _ _ _
- First two digits: first digit times next number plus carry:
7 × 8 = 56, 56 + 1 = 57: 5 7 _ _ _ _
- So 752 × 758 = 570016.
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