You don't need to memorise your times tables to do multiplication.
I seem to have learnt checkpoints within the times tables; e.g. when asked 76, I do 75+7. I know 10 and 5 times tables instantly, and adding 7 is trivial, so I clearly never bothered to actually learn the 6 times table.
Rote learning is generally inferior. Give a man a fish versus teach how to fish.
I seem to have learnt checkpoints within the times tables; e.g. when asked 76, I do 75+7. I know 10 and 5 times tables instantly, and adding 7 is trivial, so I clearly never bothered to actually learn the 6 times table.
Rote learning is generally inferior. Give a man a fish versus teach how to fish.