Set up a memory palace for Times Tables (kids)

[bjoern.gumboldt]

@bjoern.gumboldt

Going up to 5 x 5 instead of 10 x 10 cuts down 75% on memorization . Or even less if you always rearrange them low to high, so that 3 x 2 will be 2 x 3 instead.

Considering that 1 x anything is trivial, that leaves you with only 10 values to memorize… if not to say 6 since doubling isn’t really hard either. I’ve highlighted the squares and if you are interested in working on those in the future, there is a thread here that covers them up to 100²:

How can I start mental calculating

I’d argue that most people use some kind of number-to-image system when doing mental math with a few more significant digits that require keeping track of. That could be the major system, number shapes, or what have you… most people doing blindfolded Rubik’s cube use a double letter system with speffz. So whilst interesting maybe, that he picked the major system, it’s really not that surprising. Okay, so there’s 89 squares that he knows (11-99) but did you ever try to structure them in any …