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Long multiplication – practice for Years 4–5

Sample questions on Long multiplication with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Maths
Year
Years 4–5
Curriculum area
Number and algebra

Question types: Long multiplication

Rule: Long multiplication

Multiply from the ones. Write the ones of each product and carry the tens to the next product.

With a two-digit number: multiply by the ones and by the tens separately, then add the two products.

Example: 243 × 4: 3 × 4 = 12 (write 2, carry 1), 4 × 4 + 1 = 17 (7, carry 1), 2 × 4 + 1 = 9 → 972

Watch out: Add the carried number after multiplying: 4 × 4 + 1, not 4 × (4 + 1).

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Work out in columns: 49 × 32

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    Answer: 1568

    How it works: Partial products: 49 × 2 = 98, 49 × 30 = 1470; sum 98 + 1470 = 1568

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Work out in columns: 229 × 8

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    Answer: 1832

    How it works: 229 × 8 = 1832

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Work out in columns: 528 × 8

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    Answer: 4224

    How it works: 528 × 8 = 4224

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