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I understand what they are saying, but their methods are a little strange. They want the kids to memorize sums just as they would a multiplication table. We memorized them as kids by doing sheets of problems over and over. I guess it was up to us to figure how to get the answer originally, whether it was counting fingers, or applying some sort of thought process to it. I don't remember being taught any specific process.
4 and 4 is 8. It's that simple, it should be memorized, it should be a reflex. I'm not sure how your mind translates that to 2x4=8.
I don't know why my thought processes it but I really did badly in add and substraction problems. The zeros, ones, tens and double numbers I can do without having to count my fingers or write down on a paper. If someone puts out a 7 +5 problem, I would go blank and then I must count my fingers. That is why I do so well in multiplications and divisions so well and it really did stumped the teachers back in those days why I would do so well in higher math but can not do the add and subst. problems without having to count my fingers. It just don't click at all. I remember those frustrating night after night for two years, repeated fifth grade again because I didn't know my add and sub. It was a very long struggle and finally passed it and once I did passed it, I never went back to remembering it again. Balancing books, money and everyday life, I did fine as long I can use my fingers OR on a piece of paper. I am unable to do it out of reflex on those problems.
I understand what they are saying, but their methods are a little strange. They want the kids to memorize sums just as they would a multiplication table. We memorized them as kids by doing sheets of problems over and over. I guess it was up to us to figure how to get the answer originally, whether it was counting fingers, or applying some sort of thought process to it. I don't remember being taught any specific process.
4 and 4 is 8. It's that simple, it should be memorized, it should be a reflex. I'm not sure how your mind translates that to 2x4=8.
I don't know why my thought processes it but I really did badly in add and substraction problems. The zeros, ones, tens and double numbers I can do without having to count my fingers or write down on a paper. If someone puts out a 7 +5 problem, I would go blank and then I must count my fingers. That is why I do so well in multiplications and divisions so well and it really did stumped the teachers back in those days why I would do so well in higher math but can not do the add and subst. problems without having to count my fingers. It just don't click at all. I remember those frustrating night after night for two years, repeated fifth grade again because I didn't know my add and sub. It was a very long struggle and finally passed it and once I did passed it, I never went back to remembering it again. Balancing books, money and everyday life, I did fine as long I can use my fingers OR on a piece of paper. I am unable to do it out of reflex on those problems.