Calculate the Product: 2 × 3 × 43 Step-by-Step

Question

$2\times3\times43=$

00:00 Solve

00:03 We'll solve each multiplication separately

00:10 We'll use the distributive law

00:14 We'll break down 43 into 40 plus 3

00:20 We'll open parentheses properly

00:23 We'll multiply the outer term by each term in parentheses

00:31 We'll solve each multiplication separately and then sum

00:42 And this is the solution to the question

First, we solve the exercise from left to right.

We apply the associative property in order to simplify the exercise making it easier to solve:

$2\times3=6$

Resulting in the following calculation:

$6\times43=$

We then decompose 43 into smaller parts rendering the equation easier to solve:

$6\times(40+3)=$

We apply the distributive property in order to solve the equation.

We then multiply 6 by each of the terms inside the parentheses:

$(6\times40)+(6\times3)=$

Resulting in the following solution:

$240+18=258$

258