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When there is multiplication and
addition or multiplication and subtraction you can also win advantages by
cleverly distributing numbers.
Example: What is
7 · 28?
You can now divide (take apart) the umbers as you wish, 7
for examples (5 + 2) or 28 is (20 + 8) or it is (20 + 5 + 3).
Calculation:
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(5+2) |
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(20+5+3) |
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That
makes this calculation:
5·20+5·5+5·3 + 2·20+2·5+2·3
= 100+25+15 + 40+10+6
= 140 + 56
= 196 |
All of that is very complicated and can be simplified.
You could divide just one number for example and this would come out:
7 · 20 + 7 · 5 + 7 · 3 = 150 + 35 + 21 = 196.
There is also a completely different option where you do not divide the sums
but subtract and minimize:
7 · (30-2).
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7 |
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(30-2) |
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This is the calculation that results:
7·30 - 7·2
= 210 - 14
= 196 |
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