Originally Posted by indigo
So glad this worked out. smile

For multiplication, most of us memorized the times tables, and learned to multiply by what is described at this math advocacy link as the short method. (link- http://www.nychold.com/em-arith.html)

The other multiplication methods shown here are partial products, lattice, and Egyptian method. confused

Interesting. They have many methods for each arithmetic operation, but they don't have the standard method for subtraction that is taught in most countries.