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#1 2007-08-07 11:58:28
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Long Multiplication
A short page on Long Multiplication
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#2 2007-08-07 13:06:25
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looks good to me! What are you using to make those litle videos? 
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#3 2007-08-07 13:29:19
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A homegrown "recorder" and "player" in flash.
The "recorder" creates a list of mouse moves, pen changes, etc, but still needs lots of tweaks to get it right.
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#4 2010-12-21 12:57:20
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I made a video on long multiplication, a method I made up from something suggested in 5th grade to me.
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FickreBQYZ8
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#5 2010-12-21 16:55:30
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Hi John E. Franklin;
Nice vid, a good example of multiplication and mastication. Made me hungry.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#6 2010-12-21 17:57:24
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What an interesting method! It seems quicker than the normal method, though not as transparent.
(Details of the Pizza were lacking, though.)
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#7 2010-12-28 08:10:42
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Thanks for the comments guys!! Happy ice skating at the arena!!
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#8 2010-12-28 16:40:04
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Is there any pizza left?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#9 2010-12-28 17:11:03
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Sorry, no pizza left immediately available unless we go out to the pizza parlor, which would taste even better. I'd like to see a pizza-math video in the restaurant next!!
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#10 2011-01-24 15:29:20
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Long multiplication is the method of multiplication that is commonly taught to elementary school students throughout the world. It can be used on two numbers of arbitrarily large size or number of decimal digits. The numbers to be multiplied are placed vertically over one another with their least significant digits aligned. The top number is named the multiplicand and the lower number is the multiplier. The result of the multiplication is the product.
I hope this helps you!
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#11 2011-01-24 15:31:40
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Hi Cecil Ned;
Welcome to the forum. John was demonstrating a new method. He does know how to multiply the old way. He also knows how to eat pizza.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.