Japanese Dot Multiplication

A viral tiktok video shows an old unique way to multiply using sticks.

Japanese dot multiplication. This method is applicable for 2 digits 3 digits more digits also. As you ll see below the japanese multiplication is simply skipping the step of drawing out the base 10 blocks by having you focus on the intersection of the base 10 blocks or the sticks lines. Whatever the roots. As you can see in the animated gif below each base ten block is replaced by the intersection of the lines situated between each base ten block.

Lastly the left corner is a single dot 1 but it represents 10 times 10 or 100. The origins of the multiplication method aren t clear. Japanese method is one of the easiest method of multiplication where we draw lines instead of numbers for multiplication we get result without doing calculation. The japanese multiplication method is really just a visual way of representing those four steps.

However you never know when you ll need to do quick maths and the japanese multiplication method. However you never know when you ll need to do quick math and the japanese multiplication method also. Lastly the left corner is a single dot 1 but it represents 10 times 10 or 100. It is interesting and very easy way of multiplication where we get our answer by drawing lines only.

Each cluster of intersections corresponds to one of the four smaller products that go into multiplying two numbers for instance the left cluster 3 1 is what gets you the 300 or 3 hundreds.