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11 The Magic Rods

In the 17th century, an English mathematician named 38
John Napier invented a tool called Napier’s Rods
to make multiplication faster and easier. 1 00
38

2 01
66

3 02
94

4 13
22

5 14
50

6 14
85

7 25
16

8 26
44

9 27
72

Napier’s Rods

Use Napier’s Rods to multiply.

38 ^ 4 152 38 38
1 34 1 34
38
34 22 22
2
Multiply the tens. 152
Multiply the ones.
Add the numbers in
the diagonal.

5 7 24
1 3 8

5

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