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> The times tables, memorized in grade school and fundamental to paper and pencil calculations Am I the only one who never memorized the times tables as a kid
by scrollaway 4y ago
> The times tables, memorized in grade school and fundamental to paper and pencil calculations
Am I the only one who never memorized the times tables as a kid (because I found it boring), and yet today I am far better at mental arithmetics than 99% of people?
eg. If you ask me what 7 times 5 is I have no idea from memory, but I can tell you half of 7 is 3.5 so it's 10 times that. Or 8 times 9 is 80-8. And so on.