https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/21/struggling-with-the-nine-times-table-i-have-a-failsafe-method
"in an analysis of times tables answers by primary school children, it was ones that involved the number nine that were most often wrong"
I feel like any education system that leaves students having trouble with multiplication by 9 is seriously broken.
Dan Piponi
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2026-05-21 22:13:21 UTC
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