Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

Matrix multiplication involves the multiplication of two matrices to produce a third matrix – the matrix product. This allows for the efficient processing of multiple data points or operations ...

Computer scientists have discovered a new way to multiply large matrices faster than ever before by eliminating a previously unknown inefficiency, reports Quanta Magazine. This could eventually ...

Computer scientists are a demanding bunch. For them, it’s not enough to get the right answer to a problem — the goal, almost always, is to get the answer as efficiently as possible. Take the act of ...

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This free 12×12 times table grid download is easy to print out and distribute to pupils in maths lessons. Pupils can fill in the missing numbers on the blank version, strengthening their ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

Mathematicians love a good puzzle. Even something as abstract as multiplying matrices (two-dimensional tables of numbers) can feel like a game when you try to find the most efficient way to do it.

Mathematics is said to be the language of the universe and humans have been unravelling its secrets throughout history. Check out these quick and fun multiplication techniques from around the world!

We are going to define a way to multiply certain matrices together. After that we will see several different ways to understand this definition, and we will see how the definition arises as a kind of ...