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teaboot:

overherewiththequeers:

cabronallorona:

naxzella:

finding out people dont usually add numbers by first adding something to make a ten (for example 7+6= 7 plus 3 is 10 plus another 3 is 13) & that its actually an adhd thing is the WILDEST shit literally ive lived like 10 years (or however old i was when i learned to add and stuff) thinking thats how everyone does it. what the fuck

What

It’s also an autism thing, apparently.

W H A T

Oh yeah! This is also part of why autistic people/people with adhd struggle in math classes. Our brains process math and numbers in a totally different way. Many people on the spectrum struggle with the “show your work” part of math because we can’t exactly tell you why it works/how it works. We just kinda do it

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    It’s subtracting 12, but making it easier first. This explains why I was so bad at tutoring math.
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    Like, does that person not realize that your method IS subtracting 12? You subtracted 2, then if the tens digit is a 1...
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    or i have another visualization.. for me, “13″ is like this wooden block:and adding it to something is like trying to...
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