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The first time I lifted at a gym where the weights are in kilos, my well-honed plate maths skills became suddenly useless. The numbers were all different, the plates were funny colours, and yet, before long, I discovered I kinda liked it that way.
In the age of smartphone calculators and voice assistants, multiplying large numbers by hand may seem like a quaint and entirely unnecessary skill. However, you never know when you’ll need to do quick maths, and the Japanese multiplication method (also called multiply-by-lines) can help you figure out the answer simply…
If you’ve ever multiplied your pup’s age by 7 to get some perspective on how old or young they really are, you’ve probably noticed the formula has its flaws. A new calculation is a bit harder to remember, but gives an answer that may be more accurate.
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