@alexhaist Now earwormed by the Divine Comedy, "She said there's something in the wood shed."
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When you need to multiply 7*8 do you simply have it memorized, or do you need to add, subtract or otherwise connect it to another math fact that you know better?@futurebird thanks to the early 80s obsession with times able memorisation, that's locked in as an instant response.
But I also have a couple of maths degrees, so can 'play' with the numbers in my head, using other facts and 'checking' my own memory.
Like 7*7 is 49, + 7 and yup, 56.
Or as others have commented, (7*2)*4 or (7*4)*2 also help.
Or 60 = 15 * 4, and 15 is 14+1 = 7*2+1, so 60-4 works too.
I basically never assume my memory is correct, I always error correct/sense check!