Ever wanted to impress everyone by solving complex multiplication problems in your head, without needing a pencil or paper? It's not magic; it's mental math—a superpower you can learn! This article is ...
Multiplication of two numbers is easy, right? At primary school we learn how to do long multiplication like this: Methods similar to this go back thousands of years, at least to the ancient Sumerians ...
Methods similar to this go back thousands of years, at least to the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians. But is this really the best way to multiply two big numbers together? Around 1956, the famous ...
This article reveals a simple and effective shortcut for multiplying numbers that end in 5. Perfect for students, it breaks down the trick for both single-digit and double-digit numbers ending in 5, ...
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This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?
THIS AIN'T YOUR FATHER'S MATH: Here's a bit of low-tech edtech that might just relieve some of the anxiety around multiplying double and triple digit numbers. The Magical Maths blog reports that the ...