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Using your example 7 x 7 = 49 seven [2] times [1] seven [2] equals [1] forty-nine [3] = 9 七[1] 乘[1] 七[1] 如[1] 四十九 [3] = 7 (without using primary school mnemon
by solox3 14y ago
Using your example 7 x 7 = 49
seven [2] times [1] seven [2] equals [1] forty-nine [3] = 9
七[1] 乘[1] 七[1] 如[1] 四十九 [3] = 7 (without using primary school mnemonics)
七[1] 七[1] 四十九 [3] = 5 (using primary school mnemonics)
Even at that primitive level, a change of language can give you a 23% and 45% speed-up of basic arithmetic operations, respectively.
- saalweachter 14y agoEh, one example isn't much for statistics. Looking at the average for 1, 2, and 3 digit numbers (ie, [0,9] * [0,9], [0,99] * [0,99], ...), using the sentence "<x> times <y> is <x*y>": English, 1 digits: 6.5 syllables; English, 2 digits: 14.9 syllables; English, 3 digits: 25.4 syllables. I'll let other people figure out the numbers for their own languages, but I'm guessing most languages will have similar lengths. Numbers tend to be short in any language.
- shabble 14y agoA similar rote recitation exercise I recall from (a british) school was of the form '[Seven] [Seven][s] [is|are] [Forty-Nine]', of which only the 'is' is redundant, and is a single short syllable.