Twitter Users Explain Their Complicated Paths To Solving Simple Math Problems

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Jul 18, 2019 12:00 AM EDT

For some people the path to solving a seemingly simple math problem can be all kinds of complicated. It's funny how difficult we make it for ourselves to crunch them numbers, but sometimes that's the only way. 

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    twitter math - Text - t367 Stéphanie Walter @WalterStephanie Feb 23 2.0K 8? What happens in your head when you do 6
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    twitter math - Text - t 218 1.7K Wrights @Wrightss Feb 23 Replying to @WalterStephanie 6+1+1+1+11+1+1+1=14 (I count my fingers because I'm hopeless at mental arithmetic)
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    twitter math - Text - t2 37 Stéphanie Walter @WalterStephanie Feb 24 Replying to @Wrightss_ I do that a lot as well when I play RPG, count on fingers the dices or I know some results by heart, depends.
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    twitter math - Text - t94 996 Working pug @Yann_Dev Feb 23 Replying to @WalterStephanie 8+8=16 16 2 14
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    twitter math - Text - ti 3 Stéphanie Walter 76 @WalterStephanie Feb 23 Replying to @Yann_Dev Yeah another perso seeking for doubles
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    twitter math - White - t 17 421 Julie @syswarren Feb 24 Replying to @WalterStephanie 6+6+2
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    twitter math - Text - t 238 1.7K Stéphanie Walter @WalterStephanie Feb 23 I do 8=7-1 7 6+1 I know that 7+ 7 is 14, if I subtract the 1 form the 8 and add it to the 6 we also have 14.
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    twitter math - Text - t 4 Stéphanie Walter 157 @WalterStephanie Feb 24 Holly.. This went, hum, out of control. But it's really interesting to see the different methods, thanks for the replies
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    twitter math - Text - t 1.1K Walty Walt @Wparks91 - 21h 5.5K What happens in your head when you do 27+48?
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    twitter math - Text - t2503 4.3K Tiffani @istylekinks 20h Replying to @Wparks91 8+7 is 15, carry the 1. 4+2+1 is 7. 75.
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    twitter math - Text - t 49 1.2K born again hooligan @Yungnnrecklesz 20h Replying to @Wparks91 Round up to 30 +50 and subtract 5 75
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    twitter math - Text - t 51 kal 906 @whorellaaa 18h Replying to @Wparks91 27- 2 25 48 2 50 50+25 75
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    twitter math - Text - 503 7.0K bling @WICKEDWIZRD 20h Replying to @Wparks91 20+40 60 7+8 15 60+15 75
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    twitter math - Text - Prince Cazembe, PhD, First of His ... Follow @TwiterlessGuru Let's get tricky What happens in your head when you see -6 (-16)?
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    twitter math - Text - shi @shida_P 7h 2 51 Replying to @TwiterlessGuru my brain circles those 2 negative signs beside each other and makes it at , then 16-6=10
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    twitter math - White - t3 40 EL-T B@TheBoiELT 7h Replying to @TwiterlessGuru -616 -6 16 10
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    twitter math - Text - 34 COUNSELORS, NOT COPS @takimoto23x Jun 24 Okay, here's another one I'm curious about: What happens in your head when you see 21 x 13 = ? (besides crippling anxiety from poor math teaching)
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    twitter math - Text - t 2 56 Tom @TomPushesFaders Jun 24 Replying to @takimoto23x 20x13-260 plus one more 13 273
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    twitter math - Text - 53 Ben McDonald @ben_d_mcdonald Jun 24 Replying to @takimoto23x 21x10 (easy) 21x3 (easy)
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    twitter math - Text - t 2 3 COUNSELORS, NOT COPS @takimoto23x Jun 24 Replying to @ben_d_mcdonald| If it had been presented as 13 x 21 instead, would your method have changed or remained the same?
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    twitter math - Text - 8 Ben McDonald @ben_d_mcdonald Jun 24 Replying to @takimoto23x Probably depends. I'm pretty good at doing math in my head so this one's a bad example... 13x20 13x1 is just as easy for me. I think I would lean toward always breaking up the smaller number if there was a bigger difference.
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    twitter math - Text - t 12 52 غنيت @XiX5 9h What happens in your head when you do 32 x 25?
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    twitter math - White - t9 85 Kristi @oh_em_fn_gee 5h Replying to @Xix5 It explodes
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    twitter math - Text - ti1 11 Derek Mosley @DMOSTMA 5h Replying to @Xiix5 32 x10 320+320=640/ 3201/2 =160 640=800. Or grab calculator lol. But the math equation goes through my head pretty quick for this one
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    twitter math - Text - t 1 105 Reverend Calvin Barnes @VoiceofCal 5h Replying to @Xiix5 32 x 100/ 4 800
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    twitter math - Text - imason.paul, MPH 5 @Ginnion77-5h Replying to @VoiceofCal @XiiX5 I enjoy thinking of math like this. Instead of doing something difficult, do something easy that gets you to the answer.
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    twitter math - Text - 4 Dank Archer @NavoSchmavo 4h Replying to @Xiix5 10 150 40 600 750 +50 800
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    twitter math - Text - t 4 18 lü @purpleacronym 8h what happens in your head when you want to calculate 65% of 1100
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    twitter math - Text - ti2 26 @Adilluminati 5h Replying to @purpleacronym 10% of 1100= 110 110 x 6 660 (60%) 110/2 55 Total 715
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    twitter math - Text - ti 2 @BrendanBlobfish 8h Replying to @purpleacronym I do 10% is 110, 5% is 55. 60% is 660 +5% = 715
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    twitter math - Text - t 2 Stewart F @furmedge78 8h Replying to @BrendanBlobfish @purpleacronym Exactly my thought process.
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    twitter math - White - ti 2 17 d3urel @durrellb 8h Replying to@purpleacronym 65x11.
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    twitter math - Text - 75 t 1 @purpleacronym 8h best way to do this is 65% of 1000= 650, 65% of 100 is 65 add both 715
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