A bit random no?
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Tell me you're not a dart player without telling me you don't play darts.
Honestly I generally assume that everyone that isn't a slightly portly northern English man carrying a pint does not play darts seriously
You could also be a genetically enhanced doctor, taught by an Irishman
I think it helps to remember that 3 times 7 is 21. When I think about that it looks less wrong.
It's the stupid seven multiplication table. Whatever glitch in human software makes it look so much less intuitive than all the others messes with so many other things that should be easy. I swear I struggle every time I have to look at it. I had to double check seven times three multiple times right now.
I don't think that actually helps, because it's all vibes. 51 looks prime, because of no reason at all, and absolutely nothing looks like it should be divisible by 17, again, because raisins.
Knowing why it's true doesn't make it look right.
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If there’s a number that’s the most oddball in the multiplication table, it’s 7.
It’s a prime number that doesn’t share any common divisors with 10, and isn’t adjacent to a divisor of 10 either.
2 and 5 are common divisors of 10, so they’re piece of cake.
3 is so small and close to 2, so it’s not too difficult to get.
9 is one off from 10, so it has a very predictable pattern.
4, 6 and 8 are even numbers, so they share common divisors with 10.
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299,999 is divisible by 7 and 17.
If it bothers your OCD, think of it more as (7x3)+(10x3)=17x3=51
This is how I have always calculated in my head. It used to drive my mom and my teachers crazy when they asked me to verbalize my calculations. It was like I was hurting them somehow. I never understood why.
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