While children his age are still trying to learn the nuances of the basic additions and subtractions, Pranit Mathur can create multiplication tables of double digit numbers in a jiffy. While children ...

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Young students around the world struggle to memorize multiplication tables, but the effort pays off. Cognitive scientists say that learning 6 x 7 and 8 x 9 by heart frees up the brain’s working memory ...