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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I would prioritise making a perfect 10 out of that 6, and then handling the remainder.

7 + 6
3 + 4 + 6
3 + 10
13

Also, how is this relevant to ADHD?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Is this mostly a ADHD thing? They tried to make me learn times tables at school but that never stuck. Recently had to solve a problem with a CRC and part of that was manually calculating a long division in binary. At some point realised I didn't even know how to do that in decimal so wound the clock back 35 years and learnt it from scratch. Badda bing badda boom, working CRC πŸ€“

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I usually do that approach with multiplication of big numbers and square root calculation. Usually make it at most 10% error, which I consider quite a win :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

i actually do do this. also sometimes 7 + 6 = 7 + (3 + 3) = (7 + 3) + 3 = 10 + 3 = 13!

btw: i studied math.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This is part of common core math

Making Tens (and Hundreds): Composing and decomposing: Students learn to break down numbers to make friendly numbers like 10 or 100, which are easier to add. Example: To add 8 + 5, they might see that 8 needs 2 to make 10. They could take 2 from the 5, leaving 3. Then, they add 8 + 2 = 10, and 10 + 3 = 13.

They are teaching new students this

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not adhd and I do this. I think this is just an effective way to do mental math

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nooo I don't want to be turned into a marketable plushie

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Stop giving away our secrets...smh

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would actually step to 10 first by going (7+3)+(6-3)

Steal some from the 6 to make the 7 round up to 10, then ad the remainder to 10.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Get out of my head, lol. I do this as well.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this not just how people do simple math? Why the hell else did they make us just memorize multiplication tables?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In elementary school my son would not memorize addition and multiplication and just use strategies like this.

That became a problem later on as we just can handle a finite number of intermediary results in our brain, so just memorizing the tables reduces a lot of mental load for calculation in your brain.

Another thing that helped him a lot was just writing down intermediaries on a piece of paper.

Btw it was a bit similar for me, I just got the table memorized perfectly and got faster doing simple calculations in my mind than using a calculator when I was training the multiplication and addition tables with my son.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

three of the six falls into the gap between the 7 and 10, leaving 3 sticking out the top = 13.

I have no idea if this is normal or not

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think I do something similar. Basically.10-7=3, 3+3=6 so 7+3+3=13 or simplified 7+6=13. Or like the above with 7+7=14 therefore 7+6=13

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's exactly how I do it!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

It's just a thing people do, has nothing to do with adhd

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

@Stamets

Is that NOT how the NT world does math???

🀯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

7+6

=8+5

=9+4

=10+3

=13

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

generation gap happening here. common core wasn't a thing for a lot of us, it's brand new.

i do math the "common core" way not because it was taught to me but because the old methods didn't work and i had to figure it out on my own.

it may not be strictly "an adhd thing" but society made it so for a time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure they just had us brute-force memorize all of the single digit additions and multiplications in grade school. Seemed to work out okay for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

everything calculated in my head is just various examples of this daisy chained together

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Six is two threes and seven plus three is ten so then we have the leftover three and add that to get thirteen.

Also, not everything is ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The way I do it:

6+6 = 12 +1 = 13

Dunno how relevant calculating is to ADHD, but it is fun to see how people calculate things in their heads in different ways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The way i calculate this, is knowing that 7 is 10-3, and 6 is 3+3.

So, 7 + 6 = 10 + 3 = 13

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Kinda the same.

I need 3 to get to 10 from 7. After that just ad the rest (6-3). Resulting in 13.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

This has nothing to do with ADHD.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
6+6 = 12
+1 = 13
[–] [email protected] 80 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Can we stop making every little thing about ADHD? This is just a common way to do arithmetic

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think OP has a relevant experience, and it shows with these dumb memes.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/409c3405-6ceb-4c83-b4aa-fec8fe4bf3bf.jpeg

This is the exact opposite experience I've heard from 90% of my adhd peeps. Cosplay shit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Came to the comments for this, always done it this way!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, kinda annoying

Btw this might break rule 1, sincerely idk

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Adding up to 10, like the other comment explains, is the common way. Using 14 as intermediate step suggests a different way of thinking. OP could be on to something if that's normal to you.

7 + 6 = 10 + 3 = 13

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Some people have 7+6 = 13 memorized.

Some do 1+6+6 = 1+12 = 13.

Some use offsets from 5, like 5+1+5+2 = 2*5 + 3 = 13

Hell I'm sure somebody did it like 10 - 4 + 10 - 3 = 20 - 7 = 10 + 10 - 7 = 10 + 3 = 13

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Normal people: breathing

Me: breathing in ADHD

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

ADHD people when someone with AD4K walks in:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is just what's called the "common core method". It's now the preferred method of teaching math in many Western countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

idiology! they're indoctrinating our children with this woke bullshit now. they're trying to make us see the "common core" in things. What's next, they're gonna tell us that mexicans are people too?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think this has anything to do with ADHD, it's just a little shortcut you can use when doing math in your head. I was taught techniques like this in school when we learnt addition and subtraction etc.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

It’s also a good way to double check your answers. If you can reach to the same conclusion through different processes, then it’s probably the right answer.

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