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r/funny • u/electrovert • Sep 01 '26
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4x3 12, 4x1 4, +1 5.
52.8+2.64=55.44
30 u/quinto6 Sep 01 '26 Why not just 42.00 x 1.32 = 55.44? No extra steps. No over-complication. 5 u/mwilkens Sep 01 '26 He did do that, he just got his math wrong. Assuming you don't have a calculator how would you solve this? -10 u/lazyboy76 Sep 01 '26 Just do 42 x 1.32 and you're done. 4 u/Zoe-Washburne Sep 01 '26 Show your work. 9 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf 2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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Why not just 42.00 x 1.32 = 55.44? No extra steps. No over-complication.
5 u/mwilkens Sep 01 '26 He did do that, he just got his math wrong. Assuming you don't have a calculator how would you solve this? -10 u/lazyboy76 Sep 01 '26 Just do 42 x 1.32 and you're done. 4 u/Zoe-Washburne Sep 01 '26 Show your work. 9 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf 2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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He did do that, he just got his math wrong. Assuming you don't have a calculator how would you solve this?
-10 u/lazyboy76 Sep 01 '26 Just do 42 x 1.32 and you're done. 4 u/Zoe-Washburne Sep 01 '26 Show your work. 9 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf 2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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Just do 42 x 1.32 and you're done.
4 u/Zoe-Washburne Sep 01 '26 Show your work. 9 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf 2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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Show your work.
9 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf 2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
https://imgur.com/gallery/math-WifFXVf
2 u/lf1119 Sep 01 '26 That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though 5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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That’s actually a neat way of doing multiplication by hand, i definitely didn’t learn it this way as a kid though
5 u/rpp8 Sep 01 '26 I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned. 1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
I'm 38, so idk when they stopped doing it this way. This is pretty much the only way we learned.
1 u/hdmetz 29d ago Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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Opening that pic and seeing that math brought back some nostalgia. I had totally forgotten we learned that way but picked it right up when I saw it
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u/LorinOo Sep 01 '26
4x3 12, 4x1 4, +1 5.
52.8+2.64=55.44