Multiplying a multi-digit number by a single digit using the short multiplication method.
Where your child meets this in real life: Calculating costs (e.g., 6 items at £47 each), or finding totals of repeated quantities
SEAGReady breaks short multiplication into 2 steps, taught in order so each skill builds on the last.
Multiply a multi-digit number by a single digit without carrying (e.g., 312 x 3)
Multiply a multi-digit number by a single digit with carrying (e.g., 47 x 6 or 478 x 6)
Three free sample questions from our short multiplication course. Every question comes with a full explanation, and hints that guide without giving the answer away.
A teacher orders 3 supply boxes for her class. Each box contains 213 pencils. How many pencils does she order altogether?
A minibus takes a P7 class on residential trips. It makes 6 return journeys to the outdoor centre, and each journey covers 89 kilometres. What is the total distance travelled?
A garden centre orders 4 crates of plant pots. Each crate contains 212 pots. How many plant pots are there in total?
This is the exact interactive worked example your child sees in SEAGReady. Step through it and watch the method build up.
Sophie is unpacking 3 cartons. Each carton contains 312 pencils.
How many pencils are in the cartons altogether?
312 × 3
Write 312 with × 3 below, aligned on the right
Step 1 of 4
Sophie is unpacking 3 cartons. Each carton contains 312 pencils.
How many pencils are in the cartons altogether?
There are 936 pencils in the cartons altogether.
The key insight: Multiply each column separately - it's just times tables in disguise!
Common mix-up: 312 × 3 = 96 (only multiplying tens and ones). You must multiply ALL columns, including the hundreds digit.
These are the misconceptions we see most often in short multiplication, including the ones our practice questions are specifically designed to catch.
Struggling with short multiplication? The real gap is often in one of these earlier topics.
SEAGReady finds the exact step where your child gets stuck, teaches it with worked examples like the one above, and brings it back for review so it sticks.
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