Two Digit by One Digit Multiplication

Multiplication is a mathematical operation where a number is added to itself a certain number of times. For example, 4 x 3 means adding 4 three times: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.

A two-digit number is a number that has two places, such as 10 to 99. For example, 23 and 87 are two-digit numbers.

A one-digit number is a number that has only one place, such as 0 to 9. For example, 5 and 8 are one-digit numbers.

To multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number, you can break the two-digit number into tens and ones, multiply each part by the one-digit number, and then add the results.

368

153

324

348

312

The distributive property states that a(b + c) = ab + ac. This means you can distribute the multiplication over addition.