This is hilarious and brings back memories. Being lazy, I didn't actually memorize times tables combos knowing I could just figure it out. For example, the 9x

This is hilarious and brings back memories. Being lazy, I didn't actually memorize times tables combos knowing I could just figure it out. For example, the 9x series is just 10 times minus the number (9x4? just 10x4 = 40-4= 36). Or I would just sum up the numbers in my head. To this day I still haven't memorized the full times tables and I'm not sorry. Although, it retrospect it might have actually been faster to memorize, it probably contributed to mental development thinking about the problem each time rather than spitting out a burned in answer. But there was one combo that didn't have a quick cheat and I couldn't do easily by simply adding. 7*8. So I flat out memorized that one because I didn't have an option. I think it's one of only a few table combos I actually have "memorized". The teachers were never the wiser or if they were they didn't let on.