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Short Trick for Multiplication with the Multiples of 11 i.e. 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77,...

  • Sep 9, 2019
  • 2 min read


Short Trick to Multiply any Number by 11.

Let us understand how it works by multiplying 63852 X 11


Step 1: Keep the unit digit of 63852 as same i.e. 2


Step 2: Add the corresponding number together i.e. 2 + 5 = 7 and place the number obtained in step 1 to left of it i.e. 72


Step 3: Add the corresponding number together i.e. 5 + 8 = 13 and place 3 to the number obtained in step 2 to left of it i.e. 372 and keep the carry 1 to be added in the next step.


Step 4: Add the corresponding number together i.e. 8 + 3 = 11 and add to it carry 1 from previous step i.e. 11 + 1 = 12, place 2 to the number obtained in step 3 to left of it i.e. 2372 and keep the carry 1 to be added in the next step.


Step 5: Add the corresponding number together i.e. 3 + 6 = 9 and add to it carry 1 from previous step i.e. 9 + 1 = 10, place 0 to the number obtained in step 4 to left of it i.e. 02372 and keep the carry 1 to be added in the next step.


Step 6: Keep the first digit i.e. 6 as it is and add the carry to it from the previous step i.e. 6 + 1 = 7 4 to left of it i.e. 702372


So, 63852 X 11 = 702372 (Answer)


Tricks to Multiply any Number by multiples of 22

Let us understand how it works by multiplying 63852 X 22


Repeat all the 6 steps done for 11 with an additional step of multiplying it with 2


Step 7: Multiply the number obtained by multiplying with 11 with 2 as 22 = 11 X 2

702372 X 2 = 1404744


Tricks to Multiply any number by multiples of 33

Let us understand how it works by multiplying 63852 X 33


Repeat all the 6 steps done for 11 with an additional step of multiplying it with 6


Step 7: Multiply the number obtained by multiplying with 11 with 6 as 66 = 11 X 6

702372 X 6 = 4214232 (Answer)

This method holds True for All Multiples of 11
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