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Multiply any number by 9 or 99 or 999 or 9999 etc

The magic of 9

Can you multiply 65678*99999 in 5 seconds or less.
Sounds impossible isn't it.
Well the word impossible itself says I am possible. Let's see how can we do it
Step 1: Write the number 65678 and subtract 1 from it. You get the left-hand side of the answer that is 65677.
Step 2: Now subtract each digit of the answer from 9. You get the number 34322.
This is the right-hand side of the answer.
So 65678*99999 is 6567734322.

Simple isn't it.

Now let's do some simple ones
63 * 99
Step 1: 63-1 = 62 i.e. left-hand side of the answer.
Step 2: subtract 6 from 9 and 2 from 9.
You get 37 i.e. right-hand side of the answer
So 63*99 = 6237.



Super easy isn't it




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