Short multiplication close short multiplicationa method of setting out working in columns to calculate a multiplication. is a method using columns to set out and calculate a multiplication.

Speaker: Lots of things come in multiples. You can look at multiplication as repeated addition. For example, these cans are in 5 rows of 3. Which you could think of as 5 times 3, or 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 ...