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SvennoJ on 14 May 2020
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Ka-pi96 said:
SvennoJ said:
It's weird they already get some algebra but never learned basics like multiplication tables. Is that not part of school anymore? I know I had to recite all the tables in grade 3 or 4. Knowing those by heart makes all this school math a lot easier.

People actually memorised those? :O

We had them in school, but they were never really focused on and they were only even in primary school. Never even heard of them again after that and I certainly didn't memorise them. Basic multiplication isn't that hard anyway, you don't need to memorise it. Just use 1x and 10x as a base and you can quickly work out any of the others.

It's for the reverse, like instantly seeing what factors 45 or 56 have for example.

I still 'enjoyed' classic schooling, sitting in rows behind each other, separate desks from grade 3. (Which was grade 1 since the current 1 and 2 were simply called kindergarten) Teacher on a platform and copy what ever the teacher writes on the black board with everyone reciting in unison. It's a little different nowadays lol.

Grade school math has changed as well, long divisions are still the same though. Different notation, same tedious work.
I changed schools midway to an experimental school model, Jenaplan, which was much nicer. The class room setup is pretty similar in public schools nowadays.

(I went to school in the Netherlands btw, my kids are in Canadian public school)