Don't try to use this method to do mind calculation, it may cause senile dementia.
How Japanese Kids Learn To Multiply
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Re: How Japanese Kids Learn To Multiply
#102My son's home from school when I see this. We try out a few examples, starting with those in the videos. Then we do a few more...and then we do: 13 x 23. I'm obviously missing something hidden in this method, as our result, 416...fail ;(
Re: How Japanese Kids Learn To Multiply
#103What's more impressive is flash anzan. The ability to visualize an abacus and then with it do additions of large sums rapidly and accurately.
Indeed. This short video shows the above in action, nothing short of amazing.