[Math] the sum of the $81$ products in the $9 \times 9$ multiplication grid

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What is an easy way to solve this problem? I believe that the value in each box is the product of $x$ and $y$.

Suppose the 9 × 9 multiplication grid, shown here, were filled in completely. What would be the sum of the 81 products?

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Best Answer

The sum of the products in the top row would just be $(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)=45$

Then the next row would be $(2+4+6+8+10+12+14+16+18) = 2\times45 = 90$

So the top two rows sum to $(1+2)\times 45 = 135$

Then it becomes obvious that the full sum of the products is the product of the sums, ie. $45\times45 = 2025$

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