Chet is solving 18 × 12.

Question

Len asks Chet to wait after he writes 80 in his work.
Len asks why he wrote an 80.

Complete the sentences to explain Chet’s work.

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In this step, Len multiplied
.

This resulted in
and 0 ones.

Answer 1

In this step, Len multiplied 8 (from 80) by 12.

This resulted in 96 (which represents the tens place) and 0 ones.