{"id":2195,"date":"2007-07-15T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-15T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2007-07-15T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-15T17:50:00","slug":"im-a-math-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/im-a-math-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a math geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this on youtube (of course).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m always looking for neat math tricks and shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>This is actually a not-so-new solution to multiplying big numbers by hand.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really impressive. Be patient. The setup takes a bit but you&#8217;ll see once everything is gridded, it makes multiplication sooooo much easier.<\/p>\n<p><lj -embed id=\"15\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2195\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/im-a-math-geek\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2195\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/im-a-math-geek\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2195\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/im-a-math-geek\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/15\/im-a-math-geek\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this on youtube (of course). 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