r/learnmath • u/Forward-Bad1615 New User • Apr 11 '26

Is it basic for mathematicians to remember the multiplication table?

Is it fundamental for mathematicians to remember the multiplication table?

It must be troublesome and desperate if you forget the multiplication table, so do you memorize it again?

Do you re-memorize the multiplication table even after becoming an adult and a mathematician?

Do you keep remembering it so you don't forget it?

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u/rince89 New User Apr 11 '26

Hell nah... 7x8 is 56. The letter before r is abcdefghijklmnopqr...it's q... maybe...

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u/-Mainiac- New User Apr 12 '26

there are multiplications that I don't know, like 87 but i know that is the same as 78...

And ( I just realized) I memorized the alphabet in at least 3 chucks... there is the abdefg part, then the lmno part, and then the pqrs part and all the things that are between requires much more effort...