How to Multiply Using Vedic Math Washington DC

Steps

1. Write Your Problem Down. Write down your numbers sitting on top of each other, like you would do when multiplying normally.
2. Multiply. Multiply the numbers in the ones place and put the product directly under the ones.
3. Cross Multiply. Cross multiply like you would for fractions by taking the top numbers' tens digit multiplied by the bottom numbers ones place. Then take the top number's tens place multiplied by the bottom number's tens place.
4. Add the products from the previous step. Add the two products and place the answer to the left of the ones place's answer.
5. Multiply Again. Multiply the numbers in the tens place and place the answer to the left of the previous step's answer.

1. Write Your Problem Down. Write down your numbers sitting on top of each other, like you would do when multiplying normally.
2. Subtract Both Numbers by a Hundred. Subtract both numbers and place the differences beside the numbers you subtracted.
3. Multiply.' Multiply the two differences you got in the previous step and place the product in the first two places ( ones and tens)
4. Subtract. Subtract one of the two factors by the opposite number's answer in step two.
5. Get your anwer. Place the answer from step four to the left of the number you got in step three.

Tips

• Keep in mind that this only works for numbers under a hundred.

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