Grade 6 Mathematics · Strand 1: Numbers · Multiplication
Multiplication using Expanded Form and the Grid Method
A short Grade 6 Mathematics lesson for the CBE curriculum, part of Numbers: Multiplication. Learn it on any phone with notes and slides, then check yourself with a quick quiz and earn XP. This lesson is free.
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1. Which shows 3,682 in expanded form?
- A. 3,000 + 600 + 80 + 2
- B. 300 + 600 + 80 + 2
- C. 3,000 + 60 + 8 + 2
- D. 3,000 + 600 + 8 + 2
2. A pupil is using the grid method to work out 450 × 30. What is 400 × 30?
- A. 1,200
- B. 12,000
- C. 120,000
- D. 120
3. When using the grid method to calculate 348 × 16, what is the row total for 6 × 348 (that is, 6 × 300, 6 × 40 and 6 × 8 added together)?
- A. 2,088
- B. 1,880
- C. 2,008
- D. 3,480
4. A coffee farmer delivers 2,140 kg of coffee cherries to a mill. The mill pays KES 45 for each kilogramme. Use expanded form (45 = 40 + 5) or the grid method to find the total earnings in KES.
Type your answer (in KES) in the lesson.
5. What do we call writing a number as the sum of each digit multiplied by its place value, for example 1,425 = 1,000 + 400 + 20 + 5?
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- Combined Operations and Real Life Problems
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