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Hi im new :-) and fairly new to gardening :-S
On 25 Jan 2011 13:04:31 GMT, wrote:
wrote: On the matter of multiplication tables, I didn't learn mine until I was well into my teens, and 7x8 was always my bugbear - however, I could work out the answer fast enough that the teachers never realised, so I never got punished for it (sic). 7x8 = 2 x 7x4 or 7x8 = 7x7 + 7. I think I do the last one, (7x7)+7 I suffer, too. I'm inclined to think an uncertain memory of 7x8 is so widespread that there must be an identifiable cause: perhaps the proximity of 6x9 has a sort of "twister" effect a little like a tongue-twister? -- Mike. |
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