Maths hacks like the Japanese Multiplication method (also known as Chinese, Vedic, stick or line multiplication) only seem like "tricks" when we lack a deep conceptual understanding of how they work. If you or your little ones love #mathematics, or if you would really like to understand how working with concrete materials like square tiles and base ten blocks to build arrays can help to build strong multiplication fluency, there's a great visual explanation on why this way of multiplying any num