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by gshubert17 3821 days ago
This generalizes to multiplying any number times 11,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachtenberg_system#Multiplyin...

Take a number, say 142857. Prepend a 0 on the left. Underneath each digit write the sum of the digit above and the one to the right. If you work from the right, it's easier to keep track of the carries.

  0142857
  1571427