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• Why Do We Still Teach People to Calculate?

  As someone with reasonably good mental math skills (120+ score consistently on https://arithmetic.zetamac.com/, default settings), I cannot really say it helps me much in the real life, at least not on the surface. It sure is nice to be able to estimate some things accurately without having to resort to a calculator, but in no way would anything change in the way I think or conclusions I make if I had to use one,... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: Mobile-Friendly Arithmetic Trainer

  ~20 years ago, HN user sophiebits made a nice arithmetic trainer: https://arithmetic.zetamac.com/ (discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1728309 The features I plan to add to make it 'complete':. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• I'm an adult and can't do subtraction, multiplication, or division on paper

  You should also find an online arithmetic drill site and set it up to give you 1-digit addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems. You don't have to memorize all the 1-digit number facts (I didn't until I was in college) but boy howdy will it speed you up. You should drill until you can do about 30 in two minutes. I recommend arithmetic.zetamac.com ; you should select addition and multiplication only,... Source: almost 2 years ago

• Non Written Arithmetic Games

  I've spent time improving my written arithmetic with games like https://arithmetic.zetamac.com/. Speed drills. I still struggle with arithmetic that is prompted without being written down. I.e. If someone said "43+12" I would find this hard whereas doing this on a written online speed drill is fine. Does anyone have any resources that would say outloud basic arithmetic questions and I can then input the answers? Source: about 2 years ago

• Anyone know how to recover/work on your memory?

  I quite like this for helping cognition but weirdly I can still be good at it but have awful memory at the same time. It's quite addictive just press start. Https://arithmetic.zetamac.com. Source: over 2 years ago