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Doubling and Halving for Multiplication

15 × 16 = 15 × 8 × 2 = 240. By doubling one factor and halving the other, hard multiplications become easy. Learn this elegant trick and its limits.

10 minutes

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What you will learn today

Simplify multiplication by doubling one factor and halving the other until the problem becomes easy.

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Which is easier to multiply?

Which would you rather calculate: 15 × 16 or 30 × 8? Both have the same answer (240). What about 25 × 12 vs 100 × 3? (Both = 300.) The trick: they're the same problem in disguise.

The key insight: a × b = (2a) × (b/2) when b is even. You can double one factor and halve the other without changing the product. Do this repeatedly until one factor becomes a round number — then multiply.

இரட்டிப்பாக்கல் மற்றும் பாதி — பெருக்கல் எளிமையாகும்.

The rule

If you want to compute a × b:

  • Check: is b even? If yes, you can halve it.
  • Double a, halve b. The product stays the same.
  • Repeat until one factor is a convenient number (round number, power of 10, etc.)
  • Multiply the simplified version.

📐 Example: 15 × 16

16 is even. Keep doubling/halving:

  1. 115 × 16 → 30 × 8 (double 15, halve 16)
  2. 230 × 8 → 60 × 4
  3. 360 × 4 → 120 × 2
  4. 4120 × 2 = 240
  5. 515 × 16 = 240 ✓

📐 Example: 25 × 12

12 is even. Try halving 12, doubling 25:

  1. 125 × 12 → 50 × 6
  2. 250 × 6 → 100 × 3
  3. 3100 × 3 = 300
  4. 425 × 12 = 300 ✓
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When to use this technique

This technique shines when doubling one factor makes it a round number (10, 50, 100, 200...) while the other becomes an easy integer. Not every multiplication simplifies nicely — 13 × 17, for example, doesn't benefit from this approach.

வட்ட எண்களை நோக்கி — அதுவே இந்த நுட்பத்தின் ரகசியம்.

Why does this work?

Because multiplication is a rectangle of area a × b. Doubling one side and halving the other keeps the same area. Mathematically: (2a) × (b/2) = 2ab/2 = ab. The product is preserved exactly.

Challenge Round

Challenge: 35 × 14

Apply doubling and halving. What does 35 eventually become, and why does that help?

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Doubling and halving: a×b = (2a)×(b/2). Keep going until you reach a convenient factor. Why it works: preserves the product (rectangle area argument).

Next: Quick Division Patterns — shortcuts for dividing by 5, 25, and 9.

Key Points

முக்கிய குறிப்புகள்

  • a × b = (2a) × (b/2) when b is even
  • Double one factor, halve the other — product unchanged
  • Repeat until you reach a round/easy number
  • Best when doubling leads to multiples of 10 or 100
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Glossary

சொல் அகராதி

Double

இரட்டிப்பு

Halve

பாதி

Equivalent

சமம்

Simplify

எளிமைப்படுத்து

Practice Activities

Quizவினாடி வினா

Answer each question to check your understanding.

QQuestion 1 of 1

Why does doubling one factor and halving the other keep the product the same?

Fill in the Blanksஇடைவெளி நிரப்புக

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50 × 18 → double 18 to get 36, halve 50 to get 25 → 25 × .
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40 × 7 simplified: halve 40 → 20, double 7 → 14. Now 20 × = 280.