Exploring Multiplication Using Russian Peasant Multiplication

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• Exploring Multiplication Using Russian Peasant
  Multiplication
• Objective To explore multiplication using
  doubling and halving skills
• Materials Required Paper and pencils
• Steps
• To solve 28 34
• One student draws column A and other student
  draws column B. We can call column A half and
  column B doubles.
• Each student then writes the factors as shown.
  The number in column A is halved and the one in
  column B is doubled repeatedly. When you have to
  half an odd number, ignore the remainder. Both
  students stop when 1 is reached in column A.
  Cancel all the even numbers from column A and its
  pair in column B.

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Exploring Multiplication Using Russian Peasant
Multiplication
3. Next, add the numbers that are not cancelled
from column B only. That gives the product.
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• Exploring Multiplication Using Russian Peasant
  Multiplication
• To solve 12 28

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• Exploring Multiplication Using Russian Peasant
  Multiplication
• Try me Now try the following multiplication
  using Russian peasant multiplication
• 68 13
• 45 24
• 67 56