Question

Find the following products, using distributive laws:
$$1553 \times 198$$

Answer 1

Using distributive law of multiplication over addition

We get

$$1553 \times 198 = 1553 \times (100 + 98)$$

$$ = 1553 \times 100 + 1553 \times 98$$

$$ = 155300 + 152194$$

$$ = 307494$$