# Do you multiply this way!

Before my college days I used to multiply orthodoxly by this way.

But as time passed, I learned new things. I remember, In a Hindi magazine named “Bhaskar Lakshya”, I read an article in which a lecturer (apology, I don’t remember his name) had suggested how to multiply in single line (row). Today I thought that I should share this method on MY DIGITAL NOTEBOOK too.
I know there are many, who already know this method, but I think maximum people wouldn’t have any idea about this method. I found multiplicating this way, very faster – easier and smarter. The ‘only’ requirements for using this method is quick summation. You should be good in calculation and addition. Smarter your calculations, faster you’re.
I’ll try to illustrate this method below. If you had any problems regarding language (poor off-course) and understandings, please feel free to put that into comments.

# Just another way to Multiply

Multiplication is probably the most important elementary operation in mathematics; even more important than usual addition. Every math-guy has its own style of multiplying numbers. But have you ever tried multiplicating by this way?
Exercise:
$88 \times 45$=?
Ans: as usual :- 3960 but I got this using a particular way:
88            45
176          22
352           11
704            5
1408          2
2816          1

Sum of left column=3960

Thus, $88 \times 45=3960$ (as usual).
You might be thinking that what did I do here. Okay, let we understand this method by illustrating another multiplication, of 48 with 35.

Step 1. Write the numbers in two separate columns.

$48 \ 35$

Step 2. Now, double the number in left column and half the number in right column such that the number in right column reduces to 1. If the number [remaining] in right column is odd, then leave the fractional part and only write integer part.

$48 \ 35 \\ 96 \ 17\\192 \ 8\\384 \ 4\\ 768 \ 2 \\ 1536 \ 1$

Step 3: Cancel out any number in the left column whose corresponding number in the right column is even.

48                       35
96                       17
192                      8
384                       4
768                       2
1536                      1

Step 4:Sum all the numbers in the left column which are not cancelled. This sum is the required product.

$=1680$

I agree this method of multiplying numbers is not easy and you’re not going to use this in your every day math. It’s a bit boring and very long way of multiplication. But you can use this way to tease your friends, teach juniors and can write this into your own NOTEBOOK for future understandings. Remember, knowing more is getting more in mathematics. [LOL] I don’t know who, silly else me, made this quote. Have Fun.