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Mathemagic: Doing instant multiplication!

Let’s begin with one of the favorite feats of mental math – how to multiply, in your head, any 2-digit number by eleven. It’s very easy once you know the secret. Consider the problem:

32 X 11

To solve this problem, simply add the digits, 3 + 2 = 5, put the 5 between 3 and the 2, and there is your answer:

352

What could be easier? Now you try:

53 X 11

Since 5 + 3 = 8, your answer is simply

583

One more. Without looking at the answer or writing anything down, what is

81 x 11?

Did you get 891? Congratulations!

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How to find divisibility of a number #1

Kids may encounter times when they have to see whether a number is divisible by any number. Such a situation may also arise in exams when the students or kids (sometimes even their parents) may use the following tactics to find out if a given number is divisibly by any number:

  • Divisibility by 1
    All numbers are divisible by 1. A situation to divide a number by 1 will never arise.
  • Divisibility by 2
    Any number that ends with 2,4,6,8 or 0 is divisible by 2.
    Any number that is divisible by 4,6,8 or 0 is divisible by 2.
    All even numbers are divisible by 2.
  • Divisibility by 3
    If the sum of all of the digits in a number is divisible by 3 then the number is also divisible by 3.
  • Divisibility by 4
    Any number that ends with 00 is divisible by 4.
    Any number whose last two digits are divisible by 4 is divisible by 4.
  • Divisibility by 5
    Any number that ends with 0 or 5 is divisible by 5.

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