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Quant Short Tricks on Multiplication

1. Multiplication using multiples
Assume that we should find out the result of 12 x 15. 
12 x 15   (Here we can write this 15 as 5 x 3)
=  12 x 5 x 3 (now 12 x 5 becomes 60)
=  60 x 3 (For this you just calculate 3 x 6, that is 18 and add one Zero to it. that is 180)
=  180

2. Multiplication by distribution 
Assume that we should find out the result of 12 x 17
12 x 17  
(Here we can divide this 17 as 10+7. Here, multiplying 12 with 17 is same as multiplying 12 with 10 and 7 separately and then adding the results)
so, we can write it as
= (12 x 10) + (12 x 7) 
= 120 + 84
= 204 

3. Multiplication by "giving and taking"
12 x 47  (Here its little difficult for us to calculate the multiplication of 12 and 47 mentally. so just check for the ROUNDED number nearer to 47. Yes it is 50. so.....
= 12 x (50 - 3) 
= (12 x 50) - (12 x 3)   = 600 - 36
= 564

4. Multiplication by 5
If we have to multiply a number with 5, just divide the number with 2 and then multiply the result with 10. Confused? Its very simple step actually....
428 x 5   (Now just divide the number with 2)
= 428 x 1/2 = 214 (Now multiply it with 10)
= 214 x 10
= 2140 (This is our result)
What’s the logic behind this step? 
Very simple. 
Lets say the number is X.
Now we are dividing the number with 2.  so here X becomes X/2. 
And then we are multiplying it with 10.  So it will become 10X / 2  
Now cancel it with 2. so it becomes 10X / 2 = 5X = 5 multiplied by X. That’s it ;)

5. Multiplication by 10  ------------  just move the decimal point one place to the right
16 x 10
= 160
5.9 = 159
169.93 = 169.3  

6. Multiplication by 50 ------ divide with 2 and then multiply by 100
Well, this is also same process as we did for 5. Here we should add an extra zero. That’s it
18 x 50
= (18/2)  = 9
= 9 x 100
= 900

7. Multiplication by 100 -------- move the decimal point two places to the right
45 x 100
= 4500  

8. Multiplication by 500-------- divide with two and multiply with 1000 
21 x 500
= 21/2 x 1000
= 10.5 x 1000
= 10500

9.  Multiplication by 25 ---------- use the analogy Rs 1 = 4 x 25 Paise
25 x 14 (just divide the 14 as 10+4)
= (25 x 10) + (25 x 4) 
= 250 + 100 --->  Rs2.50 + Rs1
= 350

10. Here you can use another technique too. Which we have used for multiplication with 5.
Multiplication by 25 -----------  Divide by 4 and multiply by 100 
36 x 25
= (36/4) x 100
= 9 x 100
= 900  

11. Multiplication by 11 (if sum of digits is less than 10)
72 x 11
= 7+2 =9, it is Less than 10. so,
= place this term 9 between 7 &2
= 792 (That's the answer)

12. Multiplication by 11 (if sum of digits is greater than 10)
87 x 11
=>  8 + 7 = 15 
because here 15 is greater than 10, first use 5 and then add 1 to the first term 8, 
which gives you the answer
= 957 

13. Multiplication of numbers ending in 5 with the same first terms (square of a number)
25 x 25 
first term = (2 + 1) x 2 = 6
last term = 25
answer = 625 => square of 25
75 x 75 
first term = (7 + 1) x 7 = 56
last term = 25
answer = 5625 => 75 square

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