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32 year old Japanese here. I can unequivocally say I've never seen anything like this in my life. Possibly the younger generations, but I somehow doubt it, as
by badatmath 14y ago
32 year old Japanese here. I can unequivocally say I've never seen anything like this in my life.
Possibly the younger generations, but I somehow doubt it, as people are pretty slow to adopt completely new teaching methods.
Pretty cool though...
- keithpeter 14y agoI have seen students from India use this method for small numbers and a partial sum method for larger numbers. http://wsgfl2.westsussex.gov.uk/Aplaws/maths/multicultural/VedicMultIntro.htm http://wsgfl2.westsussex.gov.uk/Aplaws/maths/multicultural/V... Google 'Vedic multiplication'. Its all good because it is unusual here in the UK and it looks interesting.
- badatmath 14y agoYes, now that I recall, I believe this was a very popular topic in Japan a few years ago (I wasn't in Japan to see it first hand). It was referred to as "India-style multiplication," and some guy(s) sold millions of instructional books. http://math.hoge2.info/kakezan/pr04.html http://math.hoge2.info/kakezan/pr04.html However, don't think it involves the drawing of lines like in the post.
- asdf333 14y agoditto. i am japanese and did not learn multiplication this way. it was more through a sing-songy multiplications table nininga shi nisanga roku ..and so on..