Calculate the Product: Solving 3×56 Step by Step

Question

$3\times56=$

00:00 Solve

00:03 Let's use the distributive law

00:07 Let's break down 56 into 50 plus 6

00:12 Multiply the outer factor by each term in parentheses

00:22 Solve each multiplication separately and then add

00:33 And this is the solution to the question

In order to facilitate the resolution process, we break down 56 into an exercise with smaller, preferably round, numbers.

$3\times(50+6)=$

We use the distributive property and multiply each of the terms in parentheses by 3:

$(3\times50)+(3\times6)=$

We then solve each of the exercises inside of the parentheses and obtain the following result:

$150+18=168$

168