Tony is solving 44 × 13.

Question

Otis stops him after the third step to ask him why he wrote what he did.
Otis asks why he wrote a 40.

Complete the sentences to explain Tony’s work.

44 times 13 = 132 + blank 40 = blank. A 1 is above the first 4 in 44.
ClearCheck
In this step, Tony multiplied
.

40 represents
and 0 ones.

Answer 1

44 times 13 = 132 + 40 = 172. A 1 is above the first 4 in 44.

In this step, Tony multiplied 4 (from the tens place of 44) by 13.

40 represents the value of the tens place in 44, which is 4 tens or 40, and 0 ones.