Column multiplication (4 by 1 digit multiplication)

Method

1. Set up your column multiplication method

2. Write out the first 5 multiples of what you are multiplying by

3. Multiply by your Ones column, then Tens, then Hundreds etc.

4. When carrying, the ones in your answer go in the column, the tens get carried one column to the left

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