How to multiply - SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative

Multiplication can be thought of as repeated addition, or as objects in a group.

means adding four times.

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Or we can think of this as grouping objects. We have groups, with objects in each group. We can count up the total number of objects, in this case triangles.

Multiply the number of days by the number of times he brushed his teeth each day:

You can also add up the twice daily brushings for the three days:

Write 12 down. Then write the 3 below the 2 in 12.

Multiply the bottom number with the top numbers, starting on the right:

The answer is 36.

If you know your multiplication tables, you'll know that .

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Add .

or:

Draw and count the groups.

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Since there are days in a week, you will multiply .

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Draw a table:

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If you know your multiplication tables, you'll immediately know the answer is 54.

If not, draw 6 groups of 9 and add them up.

By the order of operations, multiplication comes before addition.

Since each snack costs $1.75, multiply $1.75 by 5 to find the total cost:

Each person needs chair. Since each table seats people and there are tables, you must multiply.

Another method is to make groups of and add them up.

To find the product you must multiply.

You could also make groups of and add them up.

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The average is the ratio of the total number of spots to the total number of lizards.

Therefore

Multiply both sides by 64 to obtain:

is negative, so will be smaller than and .

is a decimal, so it will have greater magnitude than (which will make it smaller, since they are both negative).

is a decimal so will have greater magnitude than (which will make it greater, since they are both positive).

The correct answer for 7 times 8 is 56.

You multiply the number of apples he eats a day by the number of days. So it is

apples.

When you multiply the two values, you get 391.

so

To find the product you must multiply.

Another method is to make groups of and add them up.

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To find the product, we need to multiply.

Another way to solve is to add up three groups of 14.

Every day Sally eats 3 sandwiches, so we will multiply 3 by the number of days.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday is five days.

Another way to solve is to add the number of sandwiches each day for five days.