I grew up with Russian and German and I cannot put it into words, but as a kid I was 100% certain that this helped me with math. It is almost like - I subconsciously knew I could approach something (like something I wanted to express) from two very different ways (two different languages), this translated to the way I approached a math problem.
I personally don’t think 7 as “seven” or “siete” or “zazpi”. 7 is 7. When learning big number combinations where you put both numbers on top and do it by 10s, I’m in numbers, not in the name of the numbers. I bet learning more than 1 language since I was a toddler enabled the flexibility to then learn the " math language" lol.
When I imagine 5x7 in my brain the answer is 35, not thirty-five (30+5), treinta y cinco(30+5) or hogei ta amabost (20+15 = 20 +10 + 5 don’t ask xD).
7x7 is 47, not berhogeitazazpi (2x20+7), there’s no math link between 7x7 and 2x20+7 besides that the result is the same.
Can relate, in fact I still use Chinese for anything related to numbers because all the numbers are one-syllable 💀 (why remember “seven” whey “qi” does the same?)
I grew up with Russian and German and I cannot put it into words, but as a kid I was 100% certain that this helped me with math. It is almost like - I subconsciously knew I could approach something (like something I wanted to express) from two very different ways (two different languages), this translated to the way I approached a math problem.
I’m pretty sure that this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_multiplication_table#The_Nine-nine_song_text_in_Chinese helped me with multiplication a lot.
Like its just easier to remember 5 syllables (七七四十九) rather than “se-ven times se-ven e-quals four-ty-nine” (10 syllabels)
They made us do rote memorization lol 💀, but I guess… it sort of worked… 🤷♂️
I personally don’t think 7 as “seven” or “siete” or “zazpi”. 7 is 7. When learning big number combinations where you put both numbers on top and do it by 10s, I’m in numbers, not in the name of the numbers. I bet learning more than 1 language since I was a toddler enabled the flexibility to then learn the " math language" lol.
When I imagine 5x7 in my brain the answer is 35, not thirty-five (30+5), treinta y cinco(30+5) or hogei ta amabost (20+15 = 20 +10 + 5 don’t ask xD).
7x7 is 47, not berhogeitazazpi (2x20+7), there’s no math link between 7x7 and 2x20+7 besides that the result is the same.
7x7= 49, not 47.
Uuuh yeah… Brain works xD. Thanks.
Can relate, in fact I still use Chinese for anything related to numbers because all the numbers are one-syllable 💀 (why remember “seven” whey “qi” does the same?)