14 & 6 = 6
No, since 6+6=12, then because 7 is one more than 6, 6+7=13
uhhhh that’s not how everyone does it?
It is. Some people find more common numbers easier to add, then just figure out the difference. People in this community love to call totally normal stuff “adhd logic.”
7+6
You need 3 to get to 10. 3 left over. 10+3=13.
I’d split up the 6 into (3,3) in my head
Same thing as 7+3+3
Common core math calls that “friendly numbers”.
Nah, I’m down with the 9s. 9+6 is 15 so it must be 13
Nah that’s 8+8=16 so 16 -2 is 14. 14 -1 is 13, so 13. or as my maths teacher said. Wat? 1 point, negative 0.5 for incorrect formula 0.5 total. Even though it always works!
wait, no, this is how everyone does math. right? …right?
I think so, but I’m so deep on the autism spectrum that I’m probably SCUBA-certified, so…
This has nothing to do with ADHD… mixing up stuff is just confusing people
I try not to be all “that’s not ADHD that’s just normal” here but yeah this one has nothing to do with ADHD.
A Therapist told me that there is a lot of nonsense on the web, especially in the AuDHD space, and yeah it tends to go in a “you are a scorpio, you do X” way
I’m a scorpio and I do X all the time
One of the worst parts of the latest ADHD wave
And I try not to be all “I’m not ADHD and I do this” on this com, but it’s true.
7+6=? 7+3+3=? 10+3=? 13=13 (Not ADHD)
Prostrate yourselves, defective prole masses. I’ve memorized my +/- tables all the way up to 8.
6=3+3, 7+3=10, 10+3=13
PS I had to edit this post because of typos.
Ha! You made me think the exact same phrase twice!
@Maven Yet another “wait, normal people don’t do this” moment for me…
In my head: 7 + 6 = 7 + 7 = 14 - 1 = 13
I don’t think I have ADHD but I do it exactly this way.
I definitely don’t have ADHD and I do it exactly this way
This is how it is supposed to be taught. Common core has this exact quality of numbers explicitly shield or in primary school curriculum. Numbers are not static objects but the composite of infinite functions that can be used to determine the value in whatever base number system you want. Next time someone says school didn’t teach math remind them that the US is something like 30th in the world at math and when the department of education tried to do something about it parents said it was too hard to understand and we just kept falling backwards.
Source : I have a BA and masters in math with a focus on education
I agree that this is how it should be taught. I wasn’t taught it until high school. And even then it was by a university student who came to our physics class to talk to us about the kinds of things we could expect in university. :p
I’m in Canada btw.
These ADHD memes hitting a little too hard
This specific meme is bs and has nothing to do with ADHD.
Well I guess that explains it lol
That’s just called using heuristics, friend, though if ADHD impeded their progress in math, maybe ADHD people rely more on heuristics than neurotypicals do.
Yeah this is just math.
