In Vedic mathematics, Nikhilam sutra is one of these 16 sutras. Moreover, it is used to convert large-digits
multiplication to small-digits multiplication with some additional subtraction, addition and shifting operations.
Classical multiplication method needs four multiplications in order to perform 2-digit multiplication operation. In
Nikhilam algorithm, 2-digit multiplication operation can be performed with one multiplication (Dwivedi, 2013).
The multiplication of two 2-digit decimal numbers which are smaller than the nearest base is calculated as shown in