The process of multiplying three numbers together is similar to the process of multiplying two numbers, but it has one extra step. First, you multiply two of the numbers, then you multiply the third ...

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 ...

Four thousand years ago, the Babylonians invented multiplication. Last month, mathematicians perfected it. On March 18, two researchers described the fastest method ever discovered for multiplying two ...

David Harvey receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Around 1956, the famous Soviet mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov conjectured that this is the best possible way to multiply two ...

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 ...