Editing Multiplication table (section)

==Warring States decimal multiplication bamboo slips==
A bundle of 21 bamboo slips dated 305&nbsp;BC in the [[Warring States]] period in the [[Tsinghua Bamboo Slips]] (清華簡) collection is the world's earliest known example of a decimal multiplication table.<ref>''Nature'' article [http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-times-table-hidden-in-chinese-bamboo-strips-1.14482 The 2,300-year-old matrix is the world's oldest decimal multiplication table]</ref>
{{wide image|Qinghuajian_Suan_Biao_example.svg|600px|A modern representation of the Warring States decimal multiplication table used to calculate 12 × 34.5}}