98 × 97 in four moves
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Gurujada
Multiply numbers like 98 × 97 in your head in four moves — and see how Gurujada notices a mistake and helps you fix it.
Read a near-100 product as two blocks: left and right.
Carry the hundreds of an overflowing right block into the left block.
Find each number's deficit from 100.
Use surpluses for numbers above 100.
Explain why the right block of a base-100 answer always has two digits.
Carry an overflowing right block.
State the four moves in order.
Multiply two numbers just above 100.
Use (100-a)(100-b) = 100(100-a-b) + ab to explain the left and right blocks.
Find and explain an error in written working.
Multiply two numbers between 90 and 99 mentally.
Recognise a dropped zero in the right block.
Write every base-100 right block with exactly two digits.
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A 25-minute tour of Gurujada built around one mental-maths method. Watch a short video, read why the method works, practise with instant reasons for each mistake, check your understanding with Vidya, and — if you teach — see how a teacher watches a learner's journey and corrects it.
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