Check Out The Simple Way Japanese Kids Learn Multiplication

Kids in Japan learn how to multiply completely differently to how they do in the West. Without the stress of memorizing times tables, all this method requires you to do is count lines and dots.

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Check out the videos below, and see if you can pick it up yourself.

 

 

 

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