Numberphile revived an ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles—also called Egyptian or Russian math, where you repeatedly halve one number and double the other. After crossing out rows with ...

We’ve often noted that whether had ancient man known binary, we could all count to 1023 on our fingers. We thought about that while watching [Numberphile’s] latest video about “Russian” multiplication ...

There’s fear of math. And then there’s fear of Russian math, a private K-12 enrichment program cofounded by an immigrant in her Newton dining room in 1997. It has since grown to 32 locations in nine ...

At the tender age of 7, while most kids were learning to ride bikes and play video games, Natalia was pondering early principles of multiplication and algebra two hours per week in her Russian math ...

The National Science Foundation has just awarded a five-year, $2 million grant for U.S. researchers to study the use of a mathematics curriculum developed in Russia that aims to teach elementary ...

The newest extra step that affluent parents are taking to give their kids a leg-up when applying for Ivy League schools involves learning math in the Russian style. The style was developed during the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To do the method, begin by writing the two numbers you want to multiply at the top of two columns. In the left column, you progressively halve the ...