Do you remember tables?

Hi Mimpi! Ha! ha! ha! ha! How come you mention about 'not remembeing tables'? You caught me and to be honest though I was good at maths, however, if you ask me like this, I won't be able to quickly tell what 18x7= or 16x8=. I know that one should learn tables for quick calculations till 1-20 for succeeding, however, I could not learn. I remember the tables till 15 and thereafter I need to calculate it manually. Now a days calculators and mobiles are available, therefore necessity of doing calculations manually has reduced to a considerable extent. have a great day!

126 128 133 168 There you go. Luckily i was good at Maths all the time. I keep getting probed by nephew all the while. Another reason i find myself at ease with this would be because of few years that i had to teach small children. Could not get myself scrathing my head then now could I? Need some help ?

I sure do! And I've even owned a few as well. As a matter of fact, I had coffee off of one just this very morning! Oh, hang on...... THOSE types of tables..... Times tables! Why the heck didn't you say so then mimpi? Oh, you did! OK, now to the actual real topic then..... Yep, I'm pretty good at these and always was thank goodness! My favourite during my primary school years was "12 X 12 = 144"! Maybe it was because it signified the end of the tables at the time because we only went up to 12's in Primary school. Personally I would've liked to have gone all the way up to 27, but it was what it was.

Hi Mimpi, I well remembered tables upto 12. I think that was enough when I studied in school. I don’t think my basic mathematics is bad. I am good in mental maths and if you ask 18x7, actually I don’t know the table of 18 and I can remember upto 7x12 (in case of 7) ok but I will multiply the same easily in mind. Just multiply the 7x8 you will get 56 and place the six in mind then add the (1x7=7) 7 with 5 you will get the answer. The same way I will find all the answers and won’t fail in front of them (lol).

Yesss, thank God, and I'm so glad of it! My grandkids have trouble, though, without a calculator. Same thing with clocks that are not digital lol. Hugs, Karen

Well, I do still remember the timetables. But, I remember at my time, my primary school teacher only do ask us to memorize up to 12s. (12 x 12 = 144) I will have to manually do the multiplication in my head for the questions you asked: 126 128 133 168 I do think my Maths was quite good too, but I do admit that with the ease of use of calculators, it do take me a bit of time to do the mental calculations of the above 4 questions... Guess that it's time for me to practice my Mathematics again before my kids start hounding me on Mathematics sums to solve in a few years time...

Where and when I grew up we were never required to memorize the double digit tables, only to be able to compute them rapidly, as calculators had not yet been invented. I don't know why, but I always had the darnedest time remembering 7 x 8. Then all of a sudden one day it dawned on me that 56 was in sequence with 78, so I just think 5678 and remembered that the answer was 56. Then I wondered "Why doesn't the teacher tell us tricks like this?" So I asked her that, and she was NOT amused.

I was once real good in math as well. Over the years I find that my math skills have weakened so much. I think it is because I work on a cash register that does all the math for me and I use a calculator to do my paperwork at night. I really can't do math well in my head at all anymore.

Maths was not my strongest subject, though I did enjoy it. these days, I struggle to do any equation mentally, but am a breeze with pen and paper (which is never far from my hand) and apparently that counts at 'being good with numbers'. The reason being, it is the rules etc you have to remember, not the answer.

I dont think I would be able to go beyond 13......and especially now when I have nothing to do with numbers!!!!!!!!!! Neither at home because nobody is studying and my work only requires me to remember telephone numbers!!!!!

Waah?? You were required to memorize multiplication tables of variable more than 10? I never did learn how to memorize the multiplication table. Admitting that even up to this day I do not memorize the 10x10 tables. The columns for 1-5 I can manage without a hitch but 6 and above..? I only know bits and pieces. That was one of my Mom's frustrations when I was learning the table.LOL I did have a 'cheat' table during that time. Id only look at it when Im already becoming frustrated with myself. So I really didnt learn the whole table. Good thing my Dad taught me a technique with aligning my fingers for multiplying variables of 6-10. What irony.LOL I used that a lot during tests at that time and its not cheating.^_^ Its quite impressive to know that there students who are taught tables beyond the usual teaching methods. Good for you mimpi You might have forgotten at this time but I know you'll be able to remember it all.^_^

I really hate Maths especially Tables. I have to crush my head in memorising the numerical every night. My teacher was known as Lion. She will pinch our nose, bang our finger nail with duster if the question she asked on tables were not answered rightly. I was indeed stressfull everytime she came in to my class for the lesson. And thankfull, it was over 20 years ago experienced which I rather to forget her meant word and act to me.....

I was good at mathematics. I admit now I am old and my mental is getting slow in term of getting the response and answer for tables. I wonder why? Maybe is just I am now hardly use my brain and depends very much on calculator. But of course for tables below 12, I still can reciting very well.

I know my tables up through like 12, but after that, once you start throwing out numers like 16, 19, 14....i have to pull out the pen and paper. Luckily i don't have to do much math like this at my work, and when i do, well, we have calculators at the desk *lol*

Hey, Iam glad to say that iam still good in Maths. Actually it depends a lot in the nature of work you are involved in. As i do a lot of Maths everyday, it comes naturally to me. At times I get only a split of second to answer my customers over phone, so Iam use to do doing maths manually than doing it over calculator. One can also notice that people like carpenters, welders etc can calculate a lot faster and more accurately than a so-called Engineer. Its all becoz they deal with measurements everyday and that too without any gadgets. Cheers, Tutul

I was so good at my times table. Do they even teach it anymore? I do not use it much so have forgotten a lot but can still multiply in my head, with a little more thinking process.

Hi there! I'm not very good at math neither. I hate that subject that's why I didn't took engineering and followed my dad's footsteps. I never remembered those tables except those divisible by 5 hehe. It's much easier to calculate a number x5. But I do know finger math a little especially multiply using my fingers. It's much easier to calculate when being asked unexpectedly. They do not know that I'm counting my fingers cause I'm hiding my hand every time I'm doing it hehe. Ciao!

Hi, i don't think tat all the tables are to be remembered. I prefer to remember it till 20 or even till 10. Because once u know one digit multiples, u will be capable to do the remaining;-), what ever the values may be. When u compare a same person's childhood and present stage, he or she may not remember al the table.s but he can solve any sort of multiplication, whereas for a child he can solve the multiplication wat ever he remember's, when a problem given other than which he studied in school, he find's it difficult to do it:-( . As per my knowledge, children study multiplication till 20. When u compare time taken to answer a simple multiplication less than 20 will be less, confident, and accurate for a child than a elder one.. But as the size of multiplication value increase, a child's confident , time taken will increases.. I prefer to go with solving by remembering some of them which are repeatative and more in usage.happy mylot.

i do remember till 10 only . but have to learn because my child is growing

i remember my parents and teachers asking me to memorize till tables of tewelve! So, i know my basic tables but when i saw this discussion i feel i forgot every bit of these tables also- LOL Mathematics has never been my favorites and i don't blame myself for this - it is the genes ;P