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Originally Posted by shakermaker
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Yes, Shakermaker..you hit the nail on the head .. even when we all had to learn simple multiplication, there were always lots of pupils who could not grasp the basics and maybe unfair to judge all teenagers by justifying that they are not taught this today. Cashtills make it easy for everybody, incuding the ones that can't add up in their head, and that is only fair, don't you think ?
My son, who is only 24 and my grandaughter 16 had to learn multiplication and as Gayle's daughter, sure still going on, just some people just don't grasp it.
I still use Geometry working on the theory of Pythagoras to calculate the corner to corner length of table linen to help customers understand what it will look like and how much point drop there will be on their tables in the restaurant, so not wasted on me.