> And I still can't multiply six times eight! I have to work it out every time...
No offense intended, but if that still bothers you, it's time to learn it.
Either by accepting the offer you got with 5 (that is, memorizing the multiplication table - BTW, it is more fun to do this with 15x15 or 20x20 rather than 10x10).
Or by playing mental calculation games and trying to get high scores in speed.
(Essentially, this is the same as with learning vocabularies for a foreign language. The word "4x3" is translated to the other word "12".)
Maybe your teachers failed to make it interesting to your 5-year-old self. But your current self does seem to be interested, so that can't be the issue anymore.
You can critize your teachers that they didn't make your learn it at 5, but you can't critize them for still not having it learned later as an adult.
No offense intended, but if that still bothers you, it's time to learn it.
Either by accepting the offer you got with 5 (that is, memorizing the multiplication table - BTW, it is more fun to do this with 15x15 or 20x20 rather than 10x10).
Or by playing mental calculation games and trying to get high scores in speed.
(Essentially, this is the same as with learning vocabularies for a foreign language. The word "4x3" is translated to the other word "12".)
Maybe your teachers failed to make it interesting to your 5-year-old self. But your current self does seem to be interested, so that can't be the issue anymore.
You can critize your teachers that they didn't make your learn it at 5, but you can't critize them for still not having it learned later as an adult.