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 ...

19 is only 1 away from 20, so you prefer to start by multiplying 20 times 5, which equals 100. Then we need to take away a squadron of 5, because there are actually only 19 squadrons, not 20. 100 take ...

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 ...

Multiplication is a fundamental skill in mathematics, but some number combinations can appear tricky. Imagine being able to quickly multiply numbers like 35 x 35 or 65 x 65 in your head, almost ...

Four Wappingers elementary students are multiplying up to 384-digit numbers in school. These students, who are in the district's math enrichment program, are getting creative with math theory to solve ...

Mathematicians have proven the existence of a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, making multiplication and other ...