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Multiply 3-Digit Numbers

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Multiply 3-Digit Numbers

Student solving multiplication problems

📚 How to Multiply 3-Digit Numbers by 1-Digit Numbers

Follow these easy steps:

Step 1: Write the numbers with the 1-digit number below the 3-digit number

Step 2: Start from the right (ones place)

Step 3: Multiply each digit, moving left

Step 4: Remember to carry over when needed!

✨ Worked Example: 234 × 3

Step 1: Set up the problem

  234
×   3
-----

Step 2: Multiply ones place: 4 × 3 = 12

Write 2, carry the 1

Step 3: Multiply tens place: 3 × 3 = 9, plus carried 1 = 10

Write 0, carry the 1

Step 4: Multiply hundreds place: 2 × 3 = 6, plus carried 1 = 7

  234
×   3
-----
  702

💡 Tips to Remember:

• Always start from the right side

• Don't forget to add the carried numbers!

• Line up your digits carefully

✏️ Practice Problems

1. Solve: 123 × 4
2. Solve: 456 × 2
3. Solve: 318 × 5
4. Challenge Problem: 567 × 6

🎯 Check Your Understanding

5. When multiplying 245 × 3, what do you do if 5 × 3 = 15?

Write 15 in the ones place

Write 5, carry the 1

Write 1, carry the 5

6. Which step should you do first when multiplying 3-digit numbers?

Start with the hundreds place

Start with the ones place

Start with the tens place

7. Explain in your own words: Why is it important to carry over digits when multiplying?

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