Long multiplication

School method for multiplying large numbers with a step-by-step solution

Factors

Product

364 210

✖️ How to multiply in columns

  1. Write the larger factor on top and the smaller one below, digits aligned in columns.
  2. Multiply the top number by each digit of the bottom number, starting from the ones place.
  3. Shift each next partial product one column to the left.
  4. Add all partial products to get the answer.
  4235
   × 86
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 25410
33880 
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364210

✅ Tips

  • Keep digits strictly aligned in their columns.
  • Remember to carry tens when multiplying digits.
  • When multiplying by tens, add one zero; by hundreds — two, and so on.