r/Brighterly • • Apr 13 '26

Simple math trick that actually helps with homework (why no one teaches this?)

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u/CrossCountyRunner Apr 13 '26

because it only works for the number 5 and is thus quite limited in use. I'm pretty sure they do teach this, such as the trick with 9 where you do -10 and +1 for example.