Children often struggle to memorize multiplication facts, as Hechinger reported, but research suggests it may be worth the effort. Cognitive scientists say that learning your times tables by heart ...

KASHIHARA, Nara -- A wooden tablet unearthed in 2001 from the ruins of Japan's late seventh to early eighth century capital Fujiwara-kyo here was part of a multiplication table chart used by ...

Young students around the world struggle to memorize multiplication tables, but the effort pays off. Cognitive scientists say that learning 6 x 7 and 8 x 9 by heart frees up the brain’s working memory ...

CHANDIGARH: To improve computational skills of schoolchildren, Punjab’s State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is resorting to the rote. While directing all government schools to ...

Q: How much is 230 times 10? A: The number of years humans have been calculating with decimals. A crack team of scholars in Beijing learned this last year when they solved a 23-centuries-old puzzle.