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Can You Pass This Basic 3-Digit Number Addition Test Without Using a Calculator?
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Zoe Samuel
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Doing mental arithmetic may have been a bore back in school, but it was a bore that you actually should have thanked your teacher for pushing on you. The ability to flip figures around in your mind, or at least with a pencil and paper, is actually really important to a functioning brain. Arithmetic is like reading, a basic function of literacy. Subtraction is an exercise for your mind, much like doing your stretches helps your body to function at its most effective level. If you can't do it, it doesn't mean you're stupid, it just means you're less effective than you might be; and if you can do it but you choose not to, then that's like sitting on your mental butt all day when you're capable of playing all kinds of fun sports!
Taking your brain out for a quick series of calculations is like taking it to the gym. It might ache a little or get a little tiresome after a while, but once you're done, you'll feel virtuous. If you keep it up, you'll realize your mind has gotten leaner and better, and the workouts get easier. Think of this quiz as testing out your current mental fitness. Are you an arithmetic couch potato, are you ready for SEAL training, or are you somewhere in between? Let's find out!
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