Do you know your 11 times table?

Here's a great trick to play that my secondary school maths teach er taught us (as long as you are reasonable at maths).

Tell someone you can multiply 2 digit numbers by 11 faster than they can do it on a calculator.

Get a third person to call out numbers. Lets say they say 43 x 11.

Add the two numbers together and put that number in the middle:

4 + 3 = 7 -------> 4 3 7

43 x 11 = 437! Easy. So all you have to do is add the numbers and put it in the middle!

NOTE: It gets a little harder if the numbers add up to more than 9! Lets say they say 57...

5 + 7 = 12... put the two in the middle, and add 1 to the first number aswell. 627. See it? Easy.

Enjoy!!! Let me know if it worked!

2007-04-03T07:28:50Z

LOL, I typo'd my own trick!

43 should be 473!!!! Ooops! Sorry peeps!

Anonymous2007-04-03T07:28:43Z

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i think 43*11 = 473 & not 437
anyway thanx 4 the hint

Anonymous2007-04-03T14:28:45Z

Too bad nobody asks me my multiplication tables anymore. But interesting none the less.

Can music save your mortal soul?2007-04-03T18:52:12Z

Really cool, easy way to remember it.

Namename2007-04-03T14:37:37Z

cool, i should try that on smart asses so i can show them up

♥Gin♥and*Jen*2007-04-03T14:27:41Z

awesome!

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