Richest in the Jungle

One summer afternoon in a far away jungle, the monkey, elephant, crocodile and lion had a serious conversation.

Hi everybody! You know what, I am going to be the

richest in the jungle.

Ohh! Really? How?

When?

That’s great my friend.

I heard that a merchant is coming and he’s going to buy fruits.

I have 12 bunches of bananas and each bunch has 8 banana fruits. So, how many

banana fruits you have in all?

That’s the problem

because I don’t know.

Do you know how to

multiply?

I can help!

Do you know how to

multiply?

Hehe! No, but I have a brilliant idea. Let’s go to King Tarzan , I think he

can help us!

So they directly went to Tarzan, the king of the Jungle to ask some help.

Good day dear king

Hello! What can I do for

you?

We have a problem and we believe that

you can help us.

What is your problem?

Tell me.

My dear king, I have 12 bunches of bananas and each

bunch has 8 banana fruits. How many bananas do I have all in

all?

Just multiply 12 by 8.

That’s the problem dear king because

we don’t know how to multiply.

Oww! Don’t worry! I’ll teach you.

1. Arrange the multiplication equation vertically.

2. Multiply the multiplicand first by ones. Starting from ones, tens, hundreds and so on.

Tens Ones1 2

x 8

=

tens ones

8 x 2 = 16

3. Regroup: Write the ones of the product in the ones column and the tens of the product must be carry over in the tens column above the multiplicand.

4. Multiply the digit tens in the multiplicand by thedigit ones in the multiplier. Then add the digit that was carried over.

Tens1

Ones

1 2

x 8

= 6

8 x 1 = 8 8 + 1 = 9

5. Here’s the final answer :

Tens1

Ones

1 2

x 8

= 9 6

12 x 8 = 96

Did you get it?

Yes dear King! Thank you so much.

You know what guys, I am so happy today

No! It’s because I realized that richness cannot be measured by money, being rich is having true friends who are willing to help in any problem. You, my friends made me the “Richest in the Jungle”. Thank you so much!

That’s what friends are for, right?

BBBecause you’re going to be rich?

That’s right!That’s right!

In my orchard I have 240 mango trees and there are 501 fruits in each tree. How many mangoes do I have?

I have 153 apple trees in my orchard. Each

tree has 61 fruits. How many apple fruits do I

have?

I’m going to sell lemons. I have 1300 lemon trees and each tree has 90 fruits, how many lemons

do I have?

Hi class! My friends have also something

to sell. Let’s help them do the multiplication.

Thank You for Helping Us!