An array is made when items are arranged in rows and columns. This array has 12 counters. Every row in an array is the same length and every column in an array is the same length. This array has 4 ...

The array method only works when one of the numbers being multiplied is bigger than 10. Look at both numbers and, where necessary, split into tens and ones. Draw out a rectangle. Label the top of the ...

Using arrays to find the factors of whole numbers between 10 and 100. Identifying the factors of composite numbers and prime numbers. Using multiplication and division facts to visualise and plan ...

When this reporter, ahem, asked for a friendly reminder (wink-wink) about the math concept, Sykora explained the distributive property of multiplication. “For example, if you have 12 times 3, instead ...

In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it ...

This summer, battle lines were drawn over a simple math problem: 8 ÷ 2(2 + 2) = ? If you divide 8 by 2 first, you get 16, but if you multiply 2 by (2 + 2) first, you get 1. So, which answer is right?