But my “mental chalkboard” only holds a few digits at a time, and those disappear quickly.
Sometimes I wonder what arithmetic is like for people whose numbers stay in their heads. The 27 + 48 thread answers a few of my questions.
This thread is fascinating!
My brain instinctively uses the “add the ones place, carry the tens place, add the tens place” method, which great if you have pen and paper, but is not the most efficient for mental arithmetic.
...but it did explain my misery while trying to keep my grades up in pursuit of those degrees.
Mental arithmetic using number patterns requires holding the original and “transformed” numbers in your memory, tracking which is which, adding the right ones together
@raker1000 @ErikJLarsen @chipnanimus Not weird. Your brains are efficient at recognizing patterns.
I’m totally not jealous that my brain doesn’t instinctively do this. 🤥
@wmdxiii @JoshLoveFanAcct @LibyaLiberty Also, Latin scholars bemoaning that the fashionable Spanish aristocracy would rather compose Arabic poetry than learn Latin like proper Christians. I guess the old guard has ALWAYS complained about Kids These Days.
@edgyprettyboy @LuckyCat12901@AITA_reddit I was surprised and delighted the day I discovered that turmeric fluoresces under a black light. This information may be of use to you.
@GeneraLMcMill @AngelicaDawn78 @Wissa38 I think the “you” in the last sentence is meant in the sense of “one’s own self”, ie the parent in a transracial adoption.
@jrebeclee @_jamieland @MaraWilson I watched part 2 the year I was discovering how much college cost and how little I could afford. I wanted to cry over how much money he could simply throw away.