diff --git a/lib/assist/types/token.ak b/lib/assist/types/token.ak
index 9f908b4..55efa38 100644
--- a/lib/assist/types/token.ak
+++ b/lib/assist/types/token.ak
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 //// instead of building out the value type directly which could be harmful.
 ////
 
+use aiken/dict
 use aiken/list
 use aiken/transaction/value.{AssetName, PolicyId, Value}
 
@@ -239,3 +240,47 @@ test add_and_subtract_tokens_to_value() {
   let token2: Token = Token { pid: #"", tkn: #"", amt: -10 }
   add_tokens_to_value(zero, [token1, token2]) == zero
 }
+
+/// Convert a value into a list of tokens. This conversation is a fast way
+/// to be able to do multiplication on a value.
+///
+/// ```aiken
+/// token.from_value(this_value)
+/// ```
+pub fn from_value(v: Value) -> Tokens {
+  value.to_dict(v)
+    |> dict.foldl(
+         [],
+         fn(pid, assets, tokens) {
+           dict.foldl(
+             assets,
+             tokens,
+             fn(tkn, amt, tokens) { list.push(tokens, Token { pid, tkn, amt }) },
+           )
+         },
+       )
+}
+
+test from_zero_value() {
+  let v: Value = value.zero()
+  let e: Tokens =
+    []
+  from_value(v) == e
+}
+
+test from_lovelace_value() {
+  let v: Value = value.from_lovelace(123)
+  let e: Tokens =
+    [Token { pid: value.ada_policy_id, tkn: value.ada_asset_name, amt: 123 }]
+  from_value(v) == e
+}
+
+test from_general_value() {
+  let v: Value = value.from_lovelace(123) |> value.add(#"acab", #"cafe", 41)
+  let e: Tokens =
+    [
+      Token { pid: #"acab", tkn: #"cafe", amt: 41 },
+      Token { pid: value.ada_policy_id, tkn: value.ada_asset_name, amt: 123 },
+    ]
+  from_value(v) == e
+}
diff --git a/lib/assist/values.ak b/lib/assist/values.ak
index 0642daf..10c1611 100644
--- a/lib/assist/values.ak
+++ b/lib/assist/values.ak
@@ -52,6 +52,27 @@ fn do_from_tokens(val: Value, tokens: Tokens) -> Value {
   }
 }
 
+test from_value_then_multiply_back_to_value() {
+  let v: Value = value.from_lovelace(2)
+  let ts: Tokens = token.from_value(v)
+  let n: Int = 52314523
+  let ans: Value = product([], ts, n) |> from_tokens()
+  let exp: Value = value.from_lovelace(104629046)
+  ans == exp
+}
+
+fn product(ans: Tokens, ts: Tokens, n: Int) -> Tokens {
+  when ts is {
+    // take a token and add it to the value
+    [tkn, ..tkns] ->
+      ans
+        |> list.push(Token { pid: tkn.pid, tkn: tkn.tkn, amt: n * tkn.amt })
+        |> product(tkns, n)
+    // everything is negative
+    [] -> ans
+  }
+}
+
 /// Multiply some value by `n`. This is just a linear scaling to the quantity
 /// of each token.
 ///
@@ -59,18 +80,8 @@ fn do_from_tokens(val: Value, tokens: Tokens) -> Value {
 /// values.multiply(bundle_value, bundle_size)
 /// ```
 pub fn multiply(val: Value, n: Int) -> Value {
-  do_multiply(value.zero(), val, n)
-}
-
-// Internal only
-fn do_multiply(total: Value, add_val: Value, n: Int) -> Value {
-  // 4 * v = v + v + v + v 
-  if n <= 0 {
-    total
-  } else {
-    // add to total
-    do_multiply(value.merge(total, add_val), add_val, n - 1)
-  }
+  let ts: Tokens = token.from_value(val)
+  product([], ts, n) |> from_tokens()
 }
 
 test values_multiply_by_0() {
@@ -85,6 +96,12 @@ test values_multiply_by_4() {
   multiply(val, 4) == ans
 }
 
+test values_multiply_by_52314523() {
+  let val: Value = value.from_lovelace(2)
+  let ans: Value = value.from_lovelace(104629046)
+  multiply(val, 52314523) == ans
+}
+
 /// Prove that the target value is contained inside another value. Each token
 /// inside the target must exist inside the total value. The quantity of each
 /// token must be at least the target amount or greater.