A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...

A TikTok video of a novel, ancient multiplication method has gone viral. While the user, jesslouisec, calls the method Japanese multiplication and some mathematicians say it’s “Vedic multiplying,” its ...

Napier’s method of multiplication is a method used to multiply large numbers when you do not have a calculator. Draw a 2 by 2 grid to multiply a 2-digit number by another 2-digit number. Label the ...

understand that the area of a rectangle is the result of a multiplication partition (break apart) a number using your understanding of place value recall times-tables up to 9 x 9 and multiply by ...

A recent paper set the fastest record for multiplying two matrices. But it also marks the end of the line for a method researchers have relied on for decades to make improvements. For computer ...

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