Multiplying Products to Get as Close to 10000

Directions: Using the digits 1-9 only once, create two factors that will result in a product as close to 10,000, without going over.

Hint

Which place value is most helpful to think about? Why?

Answer

769 x 13 = 9997
(Note: there are three ways to get 9996 as the product)

Source: Danielle McNichol

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12 comments

  1. we did 125×34 and got the sum of 4,150.
    #know it all

  2. we got 147 x 68 = 9996

  3. I also did 147 x 68 and got 9996. I found out a better way to go over 9996. It’s 769 x 13 = 9997.

  4. I love the strategic possibilities here! Can you hit 10,000 exactly? 9,999?

  5. I did 455 x 19 beacuse i thought it would be a good combation #8645 yippe

  6. I did 769×13=9997, because it was so close to 10,000

  7. I tried going higher but I got 10,060 and that’s to high

  8. I did that by multiplying 769 x 14

  9. We used 456 x 21 and the answer is 9,576.

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