> As an aside, another thing I tend to do is visualize multiplication problems in my head. When I do a simple problem like 24 x 7 in my head, what I actually see is:
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> 24
> x7
> ---
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> And I actually do the problem in my head as if I were doing it on paper. Meaning I do 7 x 4, then do (7 x 2) + 2 (and yes, I mentally carry the two, so I see it floating up there over the problem) to end up with 168. Anybody else do weird stuff like this?
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> -- Dave

Actually, I do math like that (2 digit times a 1 digit) a little different. I multiply the first number in the two digit times the 1 digit number (i.e. 20 x 7 = 140) then I multiply the second number by the single number (4 x 7 = 28) and then I add them together (140 + 28 = 168). So I basically do it the opposite way I was taught. I don't know why I do it that way, I just do.

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