To multiply two numbers by hand takes a few steps but it's something we're taught in school. When dealing with big numbers, really big numbers, we need to a quicker way to do things.

Multiplication of two numbers is easy, right? At primary school we learn how to do long multiplication like this: The long way to multiplication. David Harvey Methods similar to this go back thousands ...

In this KS2 Maths article you’ll learn techniques to help you multiply 3 single-digit numbers together. We also have a KS2 Maths quiz and lots of examples.