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Show how to multiply 6 x 298 using friendly numbers and then use properties and mental math.

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I personally don't like this common core stuff but I think I can answer
friendly numbers
you can make 298 into the 'friendly number' of 300
300 times 6=1800

the friendly number answer is 1800
mental math tells us that it is 1788
close enough
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For this case we have the following multiplication:


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We can rewrite this operation to facilitate the calculation.

We have then:


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From here, we apply the distributive property.

We have then:


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Rewriting we have:


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Finally adding all the numbers we have:


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Answer:

The value of 6 * 298 is 1788 and the calculations can be provided as follows:


6 * 298 = 6 * (200 + 90 + 8)

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