Okay, so the other day, I faced this little math problem, 9×8. Sounds simple, right? But my mind just went blank. I couldn’t remember the answer for the life of me.
First, I tried the usual way, you know, just recalling it from memory. Nothing. Then, I started thinking, maybe I can break it down. I remembered someone once told me that 9×8 is the same as twice 9×4. That sounded promising.
- I knew 9×4 was 36. Easy peasy.
- So, if 9×8 is double 9×4, then it has to be double 36.
I did a quick calculation in my head. Doubling 30 is 60, and doubling 6 is 12. Put those together, and boom! 72. I got it! 9×8 is 72.
But I wasn’t done yet. I also remembered another trick. Something about using your fingers to multiply by 9. I put my hands on the table and started counting. Each finger is a number, and the ones to the left of the finger you put down are the tens. It worked! So many ways to get to the same result, isn’t that cool?
It is a great way!
Honestly, it felt pretty good to figure it out like that. Not just remembering the answer, but actually working it out. It’s like, you know, you’re not just memorizing stuff, but actually understanding it. So yeah, that’s my little adventure with 9×8. Kind of silly, maybe, but it made my day a bit more interesting.
