Still Counting on Your Fingers?
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What happens when you don’t memorize your addition facts? Well, for one, you become painfully slow at subtraction.
And trust me, you will encounter this in your daily life. It’s unavoidable.
Let’s say you’re setting the table for nine people. Four plates are already out, and how many more do you need to grab?
I mean, if you don’t instantly know that nine minus four is five, you gonna pull out your phone calculator in front of all your guests? Seriously?!
Or stand there counting backwards on your fingers: 9, 8, 7, 6… no, that’s, it, it’s ridiculous.
You should not need technology or a five-step finger counting exercise to set a table. Just, just memorize your addition facts.
You’re gonna need them.
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