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Times 10, 100 and 1000 — Maths trick for kids

When you multiply by 10, every digit slides one place to the left — ones become tens, tens become hundreds — and a 0 fills the empty ones place. × 100 slides two places, × 1000 slides three.

The trick

Place-value slide — “× 10 moves every digit one place left; a 0 fills the gap”

  1. × 10: write one 0 after the number.
  2. × 100: write two 0s. × 1000: write three 0s.
  3. Missing number: count how many zeros were added — one 0 is × 10, two 0s is × 100.

Use it for: Money (₹10 and ₹100 notes), metres to centimetres, and every big multiplication like 30 × 40.

Worked example: 45 × 100 = 4500

  1. × 100 slides each digit two places left.
  2. Write 45 and put two 0s after it.

Check: 45 × 100 = 45 hundreds = 4500 ✓

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