Complete this interactive activity to better understand how to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number. Then put your knowledge to the test. Working things out in your head can be helped by ...

This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?

Complete this interactive activity to better understand how to multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number. Then put your knowledge to the test. Working things out in your head can be helped by ...