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Use the Distributive Property to find the product of 6 x 3,584. Enter your answer in the box.

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Answer:

  21,504

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the usual method multiplication is done "by hand."

  6 × 3584 = 6 × (3000 +500 +80 +4)

  = 6×3000 +6×500 +6×80 +6×4

  = 18000 +3000 +480 +24

  = 21000 +504

  = 21,504

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Many of us are taught in grade school to do the multiplication right to left:

  = 6×4 +6×80 +6×500 +6×3000

... writing down the digit corresponding to the place value of the product, and "carrying" any more significant digits to add to the next product.

Here, that looks like 6×4 = 24, write down 4, carry 2. 6×8 = 48, add 2 to get 50, write down 0, carry 5. 6×5 = 30, add 5 to get 35, write down 5, carry 3. 6×3 = 18, add 3 to get 21, write down 21. Then the product is 21504.

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When doing mental calculation, or using an abacus or soroban, it often works better to do the multiplication left to right, as shown in the answer above.