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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you like Chinese method, just do kumon and have your kids never be able to have math reasoning skills(they gonna suffer in algebra and beyond). I attended primary and secondary school in China, I tell my kids never to memorize times table, if they understand 5x6 is 5 6s added together that is good enough for me. Who cares it takes them 3 seconds or 30 mins to answer? You will never beat calculation by a machine. What they should do is to have proficiency in order of operation, because as the arithmetic gets complicated, a mistake in a step will cost you. [/quote] Not being able to do instantaneous mental calculations really slows down kids in higher math classes. Each step of a long problem takes additional time, and yes, this matters.[/quote] Yes, but you get plenty of practice in the basics by doing problems that stretch your ability. [/quote]
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