Japanese Math With Lines

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.

Japanese math with lines. Japanese multiplication derives way to multiply things visually using the lines. 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. This amazing multiplication trick possible has it s origins in japan although i have heard arguements it is a vedic math trick. This multiplication works better for all the two digit multiples and multiplicand.

Put dots where each line crosses another line. A viral tiktok video shows an old unique way to multiply using sticks. It may come from china japan or somewhere else. However you never know when you ll need to do quick math and the japanese multiplication method also called multiply by lines can help you figure out the answer simply by counting.

How to use japanese multiplication method. Whatever the roots. Let us see with an example 12 x 31 372 visual explanation using lines draw the equivalent lines for the digits. Draw sets of parallels perpendicular to the first sets of parallels corresponding to each digit of the second number.