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Multiplication: different methodsFiled in Maths on September 26th 05 . The way we do long multiplication (and long division for that matter) has more to do with the limitations of printing in the 1500s than anything rational. A couple of alternatives include
The links above are from the excellent Ask Dr Math page, and I especially like the Russian multiplication page that explains why the method works. This is filed under Maths. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are closed for this post. |
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