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Vyashti-Samashti: The Part-and-Whole Method

Vyashti-Samashti focuses on the relationship between a part and a whole. In calculation, break a quantity into convenient parts, work with each part and recombine the partial results.

Use decomposition to simplify multiplication

For 36 × 12, write 12 as 10 + 2. Calculate 36 × 10 and 36 × 2, then add the partial products. This connects directly to the distributive property.

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