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.

For example, suppose we wanted to multiply two four-digit numbers like 1,234 and 5,678. Traditional multiplication techniques would require multiplying each digit of one number by each digit of the ...

One week after DeepMind revealed an algorithm for multiplying numbers more efficiently, researchers have an even better way to carry out the task ...

In this KS2 Maths article you’ll learn techniques to help you multiply 3 single-digit numbers together. We also have a KS2 Maths quiz and lots of examples.

But Anatoly Karatsuba defied the odds, providing a breakthrough with what would come to be known as Karatsuba's Algorithm,a faster, more efficient way to multiply large numbers that would ...

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 ...