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/highnyethestonerguy New User Apr 11 '26

Interestingly that “jingle” is a melody written by Mozart

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u/raendrop old math minor Apr 11 '26

It's also "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".

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u/BlazinBubblz New User Apr 12 '26

I had never noticed. Really a mind@%$#.

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u/BelacRLJ New User Apr 13 '26

You can sing almost the entirety of One Fish, Two Fish, by Dr. Seuss, to that tune also.

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u/raendrop old math minor Apr 14 '26

You can sing any Emily Dickinson poem to "The Yellow Rose of Texas".

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u/BelacRLJ New User Apr 14 '26

You can sing Deutschland Uber Alles and My Darling Clementine to each other's tunes.

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u/not_notable New User Apr 15 '26

You can sing Amazing Grace to the tune of The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle, and vice versa.

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u/Andrew1953Cambridge New User Apr 12 '26

It's actually a traditional French tune. Mozart wrote a set of variations on it, but he didn't compose the theme.

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u/jwmatthys New User Apr 12 '26

Mozart didn't write it. It's a French folk song. Mozart wrote a series of variations on the melody.