Always a word problem too
"Tommy has 26 packs of 48 apples. He leaves 13 packs in the sun and half the apples inside the packs perish. How many apples is Tommy left with"

ARGH!
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:40, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

936
I can do stuff like that in my head.
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:41, Reply)

Yeah, I think Jason's suggestion that he might just be a bit thick is a reasonable one.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:43, Reply)

I consider that sort of problem more as a spatial problem than a maths problem
because you can break it down into "shapes" (for want of a better term, I'm not a synaesthete). Thinking of it like that rather than trying to find 48x13 suddenly makes it much easier.

10x48 = 480, 3x50-6=144 etc
( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:46, Reply)

I agree, this sounds more like autism than synaesthesia.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:47, Reply)

I'm on the internet, obviously I'm autistic.

( Kroney, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:48, Reply)

Smells nice though

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:54, Reply)

Yeah smells really orange

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:10, Reply)

I was never a maths person.
Still managed a c at GCSE mind. All A* to C grades

So nerr.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 12:02, Reply)

Cider.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Thu 20 Jun 2013, 11:42, Reply)