How Japanese School Children Learn to Multiply

Japanese school children do not learn to multiply our column and table based technique. Instead, they draw lines!

1. First of all you take first number and draw a group of lines, corresponding to each number parallel to each other. Let's say it's 25. You draw a group of two lines and then further along, but still parallel, you draw 5 lines.

2. Take the second multiplier and do the same thing, but crossing the other group.

3. And final point -- counting the number of intersections in each group.