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A simple multiplication trick for two digit numbers

Olivia shares a simple multiplication trick that makes two digit multiplication easier when the numbers end in 1.
Multiplication of two numbers is easy, right? At primary school we learn how to do long multiplication like this: Methods similar to this go back thousands of years, at least to the ancient Sumerians ...
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