To multiply two numbers by hand takes a few steps but it's something we're taught in school. When dealing with big numbers, really big numbers, we need to a quicker way to do things.

So when it comes to measuring the efficiency of a multiplication algorithm, it’s the small multiplications that concern us most. Let’s revisit our example, 25 × 63, with efficiency in mind. In order ...

To multiply two numbers by hand take a few steps but it’s something we’re taught in school. When dealing with big numbers, really big numbers, we need to a quicker way to do things.

Screenshot Via YouTube While the box method is essentially the same as the standard algorithm, it does a much nicer job of illustrating what's going on in a multiple-digit multiplication problem ...

Mathematicians have reportedly discovered a new way of multiplying two numbers together. The new technique is for really large numbers, and if it passes a peer-review, could be the fastest ...