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Tell me the answer to 2×144 and multiply it with mental math

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Answer: 288

Step-by-step explanation

1 doubles to 2

4 doubles to 8

We don't have any carry digits to worry about. This is because the results of each doubling (2 and 8) are single digit values. If we had something like 2×188 then "8 doubles to 16" would have a carry digit of 1.

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