Using Known Facts

Free interactive math game: Using Known Facts — If 7+8=15, then 15-8=?. Part of the Addition & Subtraction category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. If 5 × 8 = 40, what is 50 × 8?
  2. If 4 × 3 = 12, what is 40 × 3?
  3. If 7 + 6 = 13, what is 13 - 6?
  4. If 7 × 8 = 56, what is 70 × 8?

About this exercise

Using one fact you already know to reach a related one without recalculating.

How to solve it

Notice how the new question differs from the fact you are given, and apply that same change to the answer.

Worked example

If 9 x 9 = 81, then 90 x 9 is ten times bigger: 810.

Common mistake

Recomputing from scratch and losing the connection. The point is to see the relationship, which is what makes mental arithmetic fast.