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Date: 23 Mar 2024 19:19:24 GMT
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On Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:39:27 -0500, Physfitfreak wrote:


> I thought it was so everywhere around the world. We never used any
> multiplication table. If numbers were greater than 9 we either logically
> solved them in mind or did the actual multiplication with pen and paper
> to get the results.

No, we memorized them. The pencil box was a gimmick and verboten in a 
quiz. When numbers greater than 9 were introduced I misunderstood the 
algorithm. 

            19 X
            24
          ______
           166
          48
          ______
          4966          

It took the teacher a while to figure out what I was doing but she knew I 
was doing it consistently since I got every example wrong.

Even through college it was slide rules, one step up from the pencil box.