Multiplication algorithm: Difference between revisions

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Both factors are broken up ("partitioned") into their hundreds, tens and units parts, and the products of the parts are then calculated explicitly in a relatively simple multiplication-only stage, before these contributions are then totalled to give the final answer in a separate addition stage.

Thus for example the calculation 34 × 13 mightcould be representedcomputed using the grid

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<pre> 300