Question

Using shortcut to determine $74\times 9$.

Answer 1

Step I - Let's split $9$ into $(10-1)$ to use distributive property over subtraction.

$74\times 9$ = $74\times (10-1)$ = $74\times 10-74\times 1$

= $740-74$

= $666$

Hence, $74\times 9$ = $666$.