Solve the Multiplication Problem: 3 × 93

Question

$3\times93=$

00:00 Solve

00:03 Let's use the distributive law

00:06 Let's break down 93 into 90 plus 3

00:12 Let's open parentheses properly

00:15 Let's multiply the outer term by each term in parentheses

00:24 Let's solve each multiplication separately and then add

00:35 And this is the solution to the question

In order to simplify our calculation, we first break down 93 into smaller, more manageable parts. (Preferably round numbers )

We obtain the following:

$3\times(90+3)=$

We then use the distributive property in order to find the solution.

We multiply each of the terms in parentheses by 3:

$(3\times90)+(3\times3)=$

Lastly we solve each of the terms in parentheses and obtain:

$270+9=279$

279