Multiplying 2 x 2 is easy. But multiplying two numbers with more than a billion digits each — that takes some serious computation. The multiplication technique taught in grade school may be simple, ...

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When you are adding larger numbers, it’s often better to use a written method. Column addition is a good written method to add one number to another. It involves putting the digits of each number into ...

The goats and their friends are having a party, but they need your help to reach the piñata. As a team, use your knowledge of tens and ones place values to help the goats release the treats from the ...

A long-standing puzzle seems to constrain how addition and multiplication relate to each other. A graduate student has gone further than anyone else in establishing the connection. In 1983 the ...