By mastering the "multiplying by 11" method described in the previous article, you would be able to do whole lot more. Multiplications like 76 x 66 can be solved easily. You would be surprised to know that combinations like 33 x 33 or 44 x 44 are alot easier to do. It is just a matter of looking at the numbers slightly differently.
For 76 x 66, you need to look at it as 76 x 6 x 11. If you are already fast in multiplying with a single digit number, you will quickly get 76 x 6 = 456. Applying the technique of multipying by 11, you then get 456 x 11 = 5016.
You think of 44 x 44 as 4 x 4 x 11 x 11 which simplifies things tremendously. 4 x 4 = 16, 16 x 11 = 176, 176 x 11 = 1936.
Now you are beginning to discover that many problems can be solved a whole lot easier just by looking at them differently. This is applicable not only to mathematical problems but to the our everyday life as well.
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