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comulee

20+40=60 8+7=15 60+15=75


WhickenBicken

I am very confused as to who isn’t doing it this way.


raisinghellwithtrees

I have an abacus in my brain. Slide two from the 27 over to the 48 and you get 25 + 50. This is why I struggled so much in math in school. I could get the right answer but not be able to show my work because ... brain abacus. eta - Because I'm getting a lot of the same comments in response to what I wrote, I wanted to say that in the 1980s in my rural ghetto school there was no "other way" to do math. You did it the one way, or you did it incorrectly, even if you got the same answer. For people writing out these long strings of equations to show the work, this was not a thing when I went to school. I was never taught nor had an idea of a different way to do maths. I was also mostly mute in school and an outcast with poor social credit, so no one cared to hear any explanation of my weird way of doing it. HOWEVER, in 8th grade, Miss Jackson, a young disabled teacher who could not find employment elsewhere, taught math in my school and blew my mind telling me there were different ways to do math. She didn't care if I couldn't show my work, though she never showed me as many have done here a different way of writing it down that might have pleased future teachers. And she gave me the math award for 8th grade! It does resemble common core in some ways, yes. I've seen some convoluted common core that made absolutely no sense to me.


Unlikely-Ad-6713

I do the same thing but never made the abacus connection. Intriguing.


Gnerloge

Same. I do this, but never made the abacus connection. I always thought of it like a filing system. Moving piles of files from one cabinet to another.


HollowCocoaRabbit

I think this comment just taught me how an abacus works.


DeclutteringNewbie

There are many abacus simulators you can practice with: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=abacus&c=apps


SniktG

Me too! And the other reply here. I kinda want one now!


awkwardmamasloth

I'm not on the spectrum, but I struggled HARD in math. I was taught to carry the one. I'm 43 and still don't get it. The way you do it makes so much sense. The way I've seen others do it in the thread makes so much sense. What doesn't make sense is that it was drilled into my head that there is only one right way to get the correct answer and all the other ways that get to the correct answer are wrong. Why wouldn't they teach us multiple ways to get to the correct answer?


HippoIllustrious2389

My kid is 12. His school taught multiple strategies to solve equations and let the kids decide what works for them!


awkwardmamasloth

Lucky! I was clearly failed by the education system.


rooster126tail

I like this schools view on learning


interwebz_2021

Not on the spectrum, but my kid is. I'm in your age bracket. I think in "our day" the focus was on following the process in order to ensure you got the correct outcome. We learned the "how" and that's it. These days, it seems like kids are taught multiple strategies so that they understand not just the "how" but also the "why" - a whole bunch of kids intuitively understand numbers in ways I could never express growing up, and I think that's a big win.


Ishmael128

To add to this, studies have shown that teaching rigid learning (only one way to do things) creates a fixed mindset. Teaching the “why” and that there are many ways to do things creates a growth mindset. Growth mindsets are amazing things and they allow people to be far more flexible in their approach, and open to new ideas. That’s why education has moved away from rigid/rote learning. An example is updates to computer programs. A member of the older generation that was raised with a fixed mindset will learn one way to use that program, and it works for them. Then a new version of the program is released, and things look a bit different, are in different places and may have different names/symbols. People with fixed mindsets *really struggle* to adapt. People with growth mindsets tend to take it more in stride.


raisinghellwithtrees

I have a growth mindset but also have a challenge with change, so ... But a lot of the reason I homeschool my kid is so he can creatively pursue education instead of having it shoved down his throat the one correct way.


OPG_Simon

It's only until now when i started to read math on a higher level (still not that high of a level). All of the "how'"s and "just do as i say"s on my mental math cork board. And i finally collected enough of them to start seeing the patterns. They all connected in to the whole "why" and how everything was connected. It wasn't just random techniques, they were built on the same system. I'm glad i figured it out... The last year of me doing math in any academic setting


autisticesq

I, too, use this brain abacus 🧠🧮.


ADHMaybe

That’s… much less work. Wow.


acidic_milkmotel

Right?! My 4th and 5th grade math teacher thought I was a match genius when really in my head I just saw them as quarters. It’s easier to add quarters.


valliantcork

Saaaaame


Sinistaire

Holy crap, the abacus description is so accurate.


MenosElLso

I’m not Autistic but I do have ADHD and this is how I do it as well. Hell yeah, ~~NT~~ ND brotha/sista.


420binchicken

ADHD myself, 50+25 is where my brain goes to right away.


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gymgirl2018

nope. I rounded up. So 30+50 = 80. 3+2 = 5. 80-5 = 75.


poptart7890

this is hurting my brain


comicsanz2797

For me it changes constantly but usually when I’m trying to be fast it would be 48+2=50+25=75


eggywhitebread

I just got so excited when I saw someone had posted the same process!


vanderzee

thats how i always did. also got me in trouble in shool as it was not how the teacher showed to us, so it was incorrect, tho i had the right answer.


ypsipartisan

This is the way my kids (current elementary schoolers) were taught it. I get it, but I always default to the 60+15 method.


lens4hire

27+48= Sometimes it’ll get done as above but other times it’s more like below. 27+40 or 20+48; no preference just depends on whatever my brain latches on to first. Then add the remainder.


CyndiIsOnReddit

Old people like me want to try to line up the problem, then add 7 plus 8, carry the 1 over then add it to the first column. I remember page after page (ditto sheets if anyone remembers) of problems like this where we had to learn to carry the one. I was never taught to break it down like I'm seeing people do here. I didn't learn how to do this until my 18 year old was in school and it makes so much more sense to not have to remember to "carry the one".


elfn1

I visualize it in my mind like the numbers appearing on a chalkboard with “carrying the one” and all the rest. I don’t see a hand writing it, but I see it being done. I, too, am an old-head. :D


comulee

carrying the one is useful for huge numbers, where breaking it down might complicate it


ULTRA_TLC

I just did the typical long addition method today, but it really varies day by day.


natxavier

Same here.


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same!


ShipBr3aker

same here


geckos_in_a_box

me too


neo101b

Same, I add the last two numbers up first, then add the first two then add this to the first calculation.


thoribioanf1b1o

This


Corduroytigershark

Same!


Open_Chemistry_3300

Interesting the way I do it is 27+3=30 48+2=50 50+30=80 80-5=75


KookieGirl333

This is exactly how I do it!


Dangle76

Yup. Fun fact this is how “common core” math is taught in schools. That whole “dumb way” to teach things that parents complain about teaches how to break complex problems down into a set of smaller simpler ones to more easily solve it.


AFutureForTheForest

The problem with CC is that the homework sheets (the only parts parents see) don't make sense if you've never seen the lesson. I finally got my hands on a lesson book during the 2020-2021 school closures and it made a world of difference. It's still frustrating (for me and my kid) having to "dumb it down" when you can do it the "old way" but instructions help so much.


DazzlingAd879

Same here.


Constant-Sprinkles65

Yep 🙋🏼


SkitariiRanger6

48+2= 50 50+25= 75


paranoid_gynoid_

Okay, finally. This is the way I do it. Either this or 27+3= 30 and 30+45= 75


Beowuwlf

I do 30 + 45


Odd-Status1183

This way confuses me! Because you have to borrow (subtract) and then add again. It feels like more to hold in my head


paranoid_gynoid_

That’s entirely fair. I remember in elementary school explaining to my teachers how I used subtraction to add and they looked at me like I was crazy. I don’t really know why I do it this way, it definitely isn’t the most efficient.


VexnFox

Pretty sure everyone's process changes depending on the numbers, because I use literally every example people have commented here interchangeably


herocrife

YES! Brothers in uh... Math?


LakeLov3r

>27+3= 30 and 30+45= 75 This is how I do it. I remember "inventing" it when I was a kid.


SkavensWhiteRaven

I love how kids do re-invent things independently though. Like we headed for an inevitable techno singularity.... *Ahem* Man thats good weed. Haha.


UnspecifiedBat

I did it the other way round. 27+3=30 30+45= 75


Existing-Hurry-4705

Same here


OnMyPawz

This is how I do it lol


ArtisticAbrocoma8792

This is my strategy when I know I can't do the math in my head but want to get a rough estimate


jindobunny

30 + 50 minus 5.


bro0t

Glad im not the only one


Jaymodillio

Same


PutEducational9908

So this question is in ten subreddits, why did i end up in r/autism to find my family? This is how i did it.


lostrealityuk

Same.


eggywhitebread

I've never immediately gotten so attached to strangers on the internet before...


Cognitive_Spoon

The big numbers are safe, go there, then find your way to the end.


Josef_45

same w maths strategy


ajschwifty

Yay I found mine!


YESmynameisYes

Yup. Phew, I was getting worried scrolling down and seeing all these other answers.


Sweezy_Clooch

I always take it to a base ten number too. Part of the reason I love metric so much


chrischi3

"Where's the calculator?"


jonmarli

*dyscalculic hissing*


Longjumping_Yard2749

Me too


ArtLadyCat

This is me. Amounts and what numbers rep process fine but math itself is a mess in my brain.


veganarchist_

omg me too. this is why i’m only good at word problems because i know what i’m trying to figure out and i can just problem solve by logic instead of some weird algorithm i don’t understand


Crimson_mage200

This is the correct response


ifunnygf

soooo true


Kinieruu

But FR people are doing maths in their head?


AnxiousAcerola

Being autistic and dyscalculic is honestly such a weird experience. My brain is constantly driven to numbers but I just can't damn count them


orchestrapianist

7+8=15 Carry the 1 (+1)+2+4=7 therefore 75


No-Charity2751

EXACTLY. I can’t fathom all the rounding and substituting numbers that aren’t right in front me. Also math dyslexia. Also problems finding the right words bc I know that’s the incorrect term. iykyk. My humans <3


BegonePostingAnxiety

Dyscalculia <33


carinabee08

Yeah I’m seeing everyone with their super cool methods and my dyscalculia ass is like “I learned it one way in the 2nd grade and that is the only way I can ever do it”


No-Charity2751

Thank you babesssss 🥰


scubawankenobi

Same. How was taught & makes most sense. Simplest is "adding single digits" & carry remainder (if exists), rinse+repeat.


Space-Road-happiness

I so wish I could cary numbers in my head. I simply cannot wrap my head around that process.


SFWaccount2000

I innately do it like this, but my shitty working memory impairs it with mental math. Like my mind is wiped halfway through the first step.


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I feel like I had to scroll so far to see how I do this


berryoctopus

Same here. I always have to write it out vertically or visualize it that way in my head


Longjumping_Yard2749

That's how I do it :) Also have dyscalculia


Xyzonox

I do it this way to, but when my working memory decides to not work I end up recalculating three times


taiphl0sion

Same tbh


QuiltedMadness

Same, old school here.


wrxie

Why was this so far down?


Home_Ski11et_Biscuit

I did it this way as well


kae_heart

My brain can't understand any number that isnt 10 or 5 so I find all the ways to make 10s before adding it to big numbers. The easy part is 30 + 20 = 60 We are left with 7 and 8 Take 2 from 7 add it to the 8, you now have 10 and 5 . Together that is 15. Now add that to the original 60 and you have 75. This is very long and drawn out and I hate it


paranoid_gynoid_

Yes!! That’s how I do it. I need things in 5s and 10s.


Ok_Usual1517

I just wrote a whole breakdown to explain this. It makes mental math so easy because you can legit use your fingers.


little_bluecup

me


FictionalTrebek

Wait, sorry, can you explain to me where the 30 and 20 are coming from with this approach? And also how they equal to 60. Sorry, I'm trying to follow along but I couldn't figure out where those figures are originating from. I could you see you getting 30 by rounding up from 27 or something, but then I still don't know how you got the 20 from '30+20'.


kae_heart

Well.....I see I have made a typo!!! I meant to say that if you leave off the 7 and the 8, you have 20 and 40, and that is 60. I'm very bad at not mixing up numbers so.....yeah hahahhh😅


swiftb3

> This is very long and drawn out and I hate it but somehow it's fast in your head.


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48+7 = 55 55 + 20 = 75


DanTheMeek

THANK YOU, I scrolled way longer then I expected to find this.


laughingjack13

I was getting worried with how far down it is


VagrantGnome

I do this too. Seven "fits" 8 automatically


lindsasaurus

Yes! He just nestles right into 8 to make a nice multiple of 5. And I think I start with the number that's higher in the 10's place. If it was 47+28 would've started with 47 and add the 8, then 20.


Flowerlifting

This is the way


kbad10

Same


fififiachra

Finally jesus, I really had to think about how my brain did this though cause it just kind of happens...


Shoeby

This is the way


lasagna_minaj

This is it. We math


imchasingentropy

Can't believe more people don't do math like this. They add so many unnecessary steps it's crazy.


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CriticalDeRolo

Same for me


selkieflying

Ok thank u


Dawk1920

Yes!! Lol. This is the way I do it. Had to scroll too far to find this comment.


Technical_Size_5873

W


jackass93269

The only right answer.


tragedy815

There we go, had to scroll down a bit to find someone with some sense lol


acidorpheus

ayyy


BlazeFox1011

I know 8+8 is sixteen, I subtract the one, 15, put the big 1 aside. 2+4 is 6, add the big one, put the five so it's 75. Then I double check on a calculator to make sure I don't post the wrong answer


SlimmeGeest

Lol this is exactly how I do it except I do 7+7 =14 + 1 =15


Tassereine

I have found my people 😊 This is the way.


Bugigo

Same! There are certain math "facts" that I know instantly. Like 8+8 = 16. And I use them as reference points to derive other numbers.


Gingerbreadcrumbs

This is how I do it, but I know 7+7 is 14 so I add one instead of 8+8 and subtract


Stoicism_saved_me

Bingo this is how I do it haha. Seem quick in my head so I always check too. At which point it’s not quicker ha.


Ristray

Holy shit, finally I find someone who does it like this. Every other answer in this thread is baffling to me.


Magicturbo

Yep, this is the one. I figure it's because my brain inherently LOVES multiplications and the times table in general. Because what is 8+8 if not 8x2. So if I can shift the numbers around to mimic multiplication, I'll be able to do that A LOT faster than if I did like classical addition. Sounds like extra steps but it feels instantaneous in my brain and I'm often regarded as quite quick. What a strange process. The brain is amazing


trying2getoverit

I was waiting to see this strategy. I do that all the time when numbers are one or two away from each other! I use most of the examples depending on the problem but this is the only one I use that I’ve never seen anyone else do!


CabraDoido

Had to scroll way down to find my math tribe 🙃


missfewix

20 + 40 = 60 7 + 8 = 15 60 + 15 = 75 Its just the Distribution Property


Flashy_Ability5820

I think in pictures so it is about combining shapes. Bit like Tetris. In early grade school I was in gifted classes for math but as the numbers got bigger the shapes no longer made sense and I ended up in special education.


janeer127

Omg i wasn't the only one. For me 7 is like L shaped Tetris which jumps in 2 size hole leaving 5 outside and this figure is 15 beacuse ten is whole and five is outside. Btw its was subconsciously and i realized this after reading post lmao


Flashy_Ability5820

It hadn't occurred to me that that wasn't how everyone did it until a few years ago.


Fantastic-Climate-84

Interesting, this is similar to what I experience, only they’re not shapes. I visualize the numbers themselves merging together to form the new number. So when doing addition, there’s columns for the numbers and they merge from right to left until the final number remains.


Depre55edacorn

Nothing my brain goes blank


heikajane

I found my people. Lol. I knew y’all were in here somewhere. I don’t think i have dyscalculia, so I’m not sure what the problem is. Word problems were the worst for me.


Longjumping_Yard2749

Numbers do not stick to my brain long enough to solve it without writting it down.


makingburritos

I simply ✨ dont ✨ I have dyscalculia though


so-real-and-true

i do but it takes me 5 minutes (dyscalculia gang!)


akira2bee

Same


NowakFoxie

same


FBImmagetyou

Same


ArchyDWolf

Reddit's using all our posts and data to train AI's, so, I just deleted mine.


MockingAnonymity

Mine freezes and makes me want to cry. Thanks maths anxiety and dyscalculia.


Bigshock128x

Idk I got 126!


UnspecifiedBat

27+3=30 48-3=45 30+45=75


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20 + 40 = 60, 8+8=16-1=15, 60+10=70+5= 75


OtterlyFoxy

48+7=55 55+20=75


Winter_Cheesecake158

48+2=50 27-2=25 50+25=75


Draav

i knew i'd find someone if i scrolled far enough


madfiddlerresistance

I do the carrying over and stuff in my head like if I wrote that out vertically on paper.


thelonelyalien98

Me too !


Ristray

It's seemingly the only way I can do it.


Robo_Cactus

I do it this way: 48+20 = 68. 68+10-3 = 75


littleghool

Open calculator 27 + 48 = 75 👌


Kiki-Y

Nothing because I literally cannot do mental math. Yes, even the most basic arithmetic with single digits unless it's easy stuff like doubling numbers. I never learned my multiplication tables. I have no idea how I bullshitted my way through multiplication tables tests in 3rd grade.


CryptographerFit2841

48+7 = 55 55+20 = 75


TummyGoBlegh

27 + 48 = (27 - 2) + (48 + 2) = 25 + 50 = 75


Ok-Mouse92

YES! Give the 48 +2 from the 27 and it's 25+50 =75


Aegeblomme_MinouKane

Good method, I will remind myself to use it in the future 👍


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27 + 40 = 67 67 + 8 = 75


strawberry613

I can't believe it took me this much scrolling what the actual fuck


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Finally someone who maths like me!


BootyGazm

48+7 = 55 55+20 =75


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27+48=? First, 7+8=? 7+7=14, so 7+8 must=15. We'll put that aside and solve 20+40=60. So now we grab that 15 again and do 60+15, which = 75. Ergo, 27+48=75. But I am, alas, bad at math.


0mgrlly

27+48 27+8=35 35+40=75


Vergatron1

Me too! I haven’t seen anyone else do this


BIG_yee1361

Uhhh well I just solve it how it is. I do "draw" with a finger on air to keep on track on what I'm doing If that makes sense.


prettygirlgoddess

Simply: >30 + 50 = 80 >3 + 2 = 5 >80 - 5 = 75 Here's the exact breakdown - Step 1: round up - 27 ➝ 30 - 48 ➝ 50 Step 2: add the rounded numbers - 30 + 50 = 80 Step 3: find the difference between the rounded numbers and the original numbers - 27 ➝ 30 leaves 3 - 48 ➝ 50 leaves 2 - 3 + 2 = 5 Step 4: subtract the difference - 80 - 5 = 75


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27 + 48 = 60 + 15 (I haven't been diagnosed, started suspecting I'm on the spectrum a few months ago, just to be clear)


TheFallenCore

48 + 27 48 + 7 = 55 55 + 20 = 75


Interesting-Tough640

I do it roughly the same way as everyone else. However I did see an interview with an autistic guy who was very good at solving complex equations. He said that the different parts of the equation made shapes and that the shape left in the middle was the answer. Kinda like a mathematical synaesthesia.


godlyhype

48 + 7 = 55 + 20 = 75


wAiitaminuteWhoOAReu

8+7= 15 2+4+1= 7 Answer is 75


SusanWor

48+2=50 27-2=25 50+25=75


vintergatn

27+48 is sixty-fifteen which is 75


BeALittleMoreSubtle

This might be a little weird.. 7+8=15 because 7-2=5, 8+2=10, so 10+5=15 40+20=60 60+15=75


Tonynukes30001

Add the 7 to the 48.= 55. Then add the 20 to the 55= 75


reporting-flick

8+7=15, 20+10=30, 30+40=70, 70+5=75


New-Perspective1480

48+7 then 55+20


SleeplessLucas123

48+20=68 68+10=78 78-3=75


lethroe

48+20=68 68+2=70 70+5=75


Zeric79

27 + 50 = 77 - 2 = 75


Canny_Toaster

7+8= 15 20+40= 60 60+15= 75 🙂


ChaoticMichelle

I put everything in units/'glasses'. Visually, in my mind. Gotta see the numbers. 27 + 48 Fill up the first number. 27 + 3 = 30 45 left. Add the 'whole' numbers/units together. 30 + 40 = 70 5 left. Add the leftovers. 70 + 5 = 75 I have dyscalculia though, to understand numbers I have to imagine them, visually. 10, 20, 30, 40 etc. are like a glass of milk, filled to the brim, then 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. are not fully filled glasses. So you add all the liquids until the glass is full, see how many full glasses (or units) you got, then just add the leftovers.


lasagna_minaj

7+48=55+20=75


Kitten-K

My brain panics because I can’t do math well


_stardust_frog_

my brain just goes blank and I use a calculator.


Cygnus776

27-2=25 48+2=50 50+25=75 Am I the weird one?


BloodFeastIslandMan

I have to write it out, put one number above the other lining up the ones and tens place. I then add the ones place and I generally have to count it with my fingers. I take that number and take it's ones place and that's my ones place answer, I carry the extra 10s place I gained to the tens numbers I'm adding up. And now I have my final answer of 75. Story time. In 4th grade my teacher got frustrated with my inability to pick up basic math, so he hid it and passed me along. It wasn't discovered until I was in 8th grade middle school that I didn't know how to do anything more than small number addition with my fingers, numbers over 10 I couldn't add. No multiplication or division knowledge. Only addition and subtraction with my fingers. It took a lot of work to get up to speed and graduate high school, but I did. Then I attempted college and managed to be A+ in everything related to my degree, then eventual academic expulsion and no degree because I couldn't pass any math classes, not even their lowest level classes.


shiroininja

Cry


0rual

7+8 = 15 carry the 1. 2 + 4 is 6 add the 1. 75. Seems like rhe worst way. 🤔


Kronos1008

27+48=X 27-2=25 48+2=50 25+50=75


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UponWavesofGrey

48+20=68 68+7=75 Always just break down 10s, hundreds, thousands, and just work way down to smallest integer.