Multiply faster
Multiply any two numbers in a single line
Long multiplication means stacking partial products and adding them up — slow and error-prone under time pressure.
Spot it when
Any two numbers that are not near a round base and not full of 9s — the everyday case.
Watch it solved
Set up Vertical & Crosswise
Write 23 and 14. We will compute column by column: vertical (same position) and crosswise (crossing positions).
⚡ Speed Advantage
2× faster with Vedic Mathematics
When you’ll actually hit this
Real moments — exams, homework, competitions — where this shortcut earns its keep.
A timed mental-maths round gives you 30 two-digit multiplications in 5 minutes — no rough paper allowed.
Vertically & crosswise in one pass: 6308 — no partial products written down.
You are checking a physics answer that needs 23 × 14 and the calculator is packed away.
Units 3×4=12 (2, carry 1), cross 2·4+3·1=11 +1=12 (2, carry 1), tens 2×1=2 +1=3 → 322.
Three-digit multiplication on a board sum in class, and the teacher wants it without a grid.
The crosswise "diamond" gives every digit in one sweep → 56088.
Stock check at a shop: 24 cartons of 16 units each — total stock in your head.
Crosswise: 2·1=2 | 2·6+4·1=16 | 4·6=24 → carry through → 384.
The method behind it
ऊर्ध्व-तिर्यग्भ्याम्
Ūrdhva-Tiryagbhyāṃ
“Vertically and crosswise”
Multiply digits vertically, then crosswise, then vertically again — the pattern forms an expanding diamond.
Conventional: (2 partial products + addition). Urdhva: , (3 carry 3), (simultaneous mental computation).
Use when
- • Any two numbers — this is the universal method
Avoid when
- • Numbers very close to a base (Nikhilam is faster there)