Example 5

Work out 254 × 26.

200 50 4
1. Split each number up into units,
20 × 200 20 × 50 20 × 4
tens, hundreds etc. 20
= 4000 = 1000 = 80
2. Put these around the outside of a grid. 6 × 200 6 × 50 6×4
6
3. Multiply the numbers at the edge of = 1200 = 300 = 24
each box. To multiply by 200, multiply
by 2, then by 100. To multiply by
50, multiply by 5, then by 10. 4000 Tip: When adding,
1000 line up all the
4. Add the numbers from the boxes 80 numbers on top
to find the final answer. 1200 of each other,
300 from right to left.
+ 24
6604 So 254 × 26 = 6604
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Exercise 3
Q1 Work out the following using the grid method.
a) 13 × 12 b) 11 × 17 c) 52 × 10 d) 16 × 24
e) 367 × 62 f) 498 × 69 g) 511 × 55 h) 568 × 74

Q2 Sheila earns £243 per week. How much does she earn in 52 weeks?

Q3 The weight of a storage container is 14 tonnes. A cargo ship can carry

230 of these containers. How many tonnes can the cargo ship carry?

Q4 A box of matches contains 85 matches. There are 160 boxes in a carton.

How many matches are there in a carton?

Q5 Hamza is making biscuits. Each biscuit uses 22 g of flour.

Can he make 27 biscuits from a 500 g bag of flour?

Q6 Work out the following.

a) 2271 × 25 b) 5624 × 42 c) 1211 × 34 d) 4526 × 19

10 Section 1 Non-Calculator Arithmetic