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Many parents experience frustrations when trying to help their children learn the multiplication tables. It can be very challenging, especially if a child has the type of brain that does not retain ...

Kids dread multiplication tables. The endless efforts parents put to help their child memorize the multiplication tables till 10 is hard to put in words. In India, multiplication tables are taught to ...

Kids ask, "Why?" all the time. Why does 1+1=2? Why do we have to memorize multiplication tables? Many of us eventually stop asking these questions. But what if someone — a mathematician — encouraged ...