http://cstechie.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 02 May 2010 16:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://cstechie.com/multiplying-with-out-multiplication/ http://cstechie.com/multiplying-with-out-multiplication/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:56:41 +0000 syam http://cstechie.com/?p=131 Multiple by 8 without using multiplication or addition. Now do the same with 7

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