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Now that I think about it, most manual arithmetic would also be easier if we described numbers with the least-significant digits first. If you're doing sums in
by jcl 9y ago
Now that I think about it, most manual arithmetic would also be easier if we described numbers with the least-significant digits first. If you're doing sums in your head, you could just list out the answer's digits as you calculate them, rather than needing to remember the list of digits and reverse them at the end.
- Leftium 9y agoAlternate methods of manual arithmetic that calculate the most significant digits first eliminate the need to remember and reverse digits. With practice it can be faster than entering on a calculator!