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Multiplication

Tricks

Multiply: 16 × 5

The trick to multiplying a number by 5 is to first divide by 2. Then, you multiply by 10. Got it?! So 16 cut in half is 8. Multiply that by 10 is 80.

TRICK #4: Multiplying Numbers by 5

Trick #5

Multiplying a number by ten is simple! It's just moving the decimal one place to the right.

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