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Reply to "Did anyone else learn "Dot Math" growing up? If not, how were you taught to add and subtract? "
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 51 and have been hampered all of my life by laving learned to "count" with dots in my head. I so wish I'd just been drilled to memorize math facts (have similar problem with multiplication tables). To this day I have to "calculate" what 7 x 9 is. Argh![/quote] Hint for 9's: Hold up your hands. Count, left to right the number that you are multiplying (i.e., 6 if it is 6X9, 7 if it is 7X9). Put that finger down. The answer is whatever number of fingers is to the left of that is in the 10s, and whatever is to the right is in the ones. For example, 6X9, back of hands face you, you put your right thumb down, and the answer is 54.[/quote]
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