what are five ways to multiply to get 200?

Answer 1

200 decomposes into 5x5x2x2x2

Rearrange this multiplication in all possible permutations, minding commutative property of mulitiplication, you get five different ways to arrive to 200:

1. 2x100
2. 4x50
3. 5x40
4. 8x25
5. 10x20
6. 10x20

Answer 2

200 decomposes in 10x20 = 5x2x5x4 = 5x5x2x2x2

Rearranging:

1. 5x5x2x2x2 --> 5x40, 25x8, 50x4, 100x2
2. 5x2x5x2x2 --> 5x40, 10x20, 50x4, 100x2
3. 5x2x2x5x2 --> 5x40, 10x20, 20x10, 100x2
4. 5x2x2x2x5 --> 5x40, 10x20, 20x10, 40x5

The different 5 answers, accounting for commutative property of multiplication, are: 4x50, 5x40, 8x25, 10x20, 100x2