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Comment author: Decius 11 October 2013 09:56:59PM 0 points [-]

Does it take longer to ad 7+7+7 than to say "Seven times three is twenty-one" and "three times seven is twenty-one"?

Comment author: BlazeOrangeDeer 14 October 2013 06:59:09AM 1 point [-]

if you have to memorize 3x7 and 7x3 separately, you're doing it wrong

Comment author: Decius 14 October 2013 09:48:34PM 0 points [-]

Really? Which one is in the standard form? How long does it take to convert the other into standard form, as opposed to doing the multiplication?

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