2. Mrs. Muller

3.  So that we do not have to count out too many groups of too many objects or memorize our multiplication tables up to infinity, a way to multiply multiple digits were discovered.  For Example: First rewrite the problem Horizontally Then look at the second number, 38, take the 8 and multiply it to the 3 You should get the answer twenty four, put the 4 below the 3 & 8, and the 2 above the 4 in the first number (we will use it later Now multiply the eight to the four and add the two in from earlier (the one you wrote over the four) The end answer should be 34, put the four below, to the left of the other four, and write the 3 above the 1. Now we will multiply the 8 and the 1 together and add in the 3. Our end answer should be 11 and since we no longer have any other numbers to multiply to the ones column we can just write a 11 to the left of the 4. So later we do not confuse what numbers to add in, lets erase the 2 and the 3 from above. Now lets put our place holder below the in the ones place from our work; some write an x, and others write a 0, I will place a 0 We can now multiply the 3 from the tens column of the second number to the 3 of the ones column together The answer should be 9, place it to the left of your place holder. Now lets multiply the 4 and the 3 from the first and second number together The answer you should get is 12, put the 2 to the left of the 9 from your work and the 2 above the 1. The next step is to multiply the 1 from the first number to the 3 of the second number and add the 1 in The answer should be 4, write the four to the left of the 2 from your work. Now we can add the numbers we got from our work together. We add the numbers from working from left to the right (ones towards the thousands). So first we add 4 to 0You should get 4, place that number below the 4 and 0. Next we add the 4 and 9 together. You should get 13 as an answer, write the 3 below the 3 below the 4 and 9, then carry the 1 and place it over the 1 & 2 in the next column to the right Now we add the 1 & 2 together and add in the 1 we carried over You should have gotten 4, place that number to the left of your 3, and directly below the 1 & 2. Last we add the 1 & 4 together from the thousands column. You should get the answer 5, place below the 1 & 4, and to the left of the 4. For an end answer of 5,434