Comment by doublerabbit
5 hours ago
> For times tables, have you developed any intuition around it?
I've tried different approaches. 4x3 being 3x4
But somehow I end up miscounting and giving the answer for 4x4 or be off a digit every-time.
A good example was that I was at a brewery last night.
They didn't do pint glasses but glasses of: 1/4, 1/2 and 2/3rd's.
I thought 1/2 was more than 2/3rd's so I ordered a 1/2 rather than thinking I was getting more.
However I was unable to visual how 2/3 is more than 1/2 when 1/2 is half a pint, or half a glass.
My visual capabilities are great at others but just couldn't formulate the equation of 2/3 is more than 1/2.
Very simple stuff, but it just doesn't meld.
> However I was unable to visual how 2/3 is more than 1/2 when 1/2 is half a pint, or half a glass.
Maybe visualize splitting a pint with a friend. If you split the pint into 2 equal parts and each of you gets 1 of those 2 parts you each get the same amount.
Then visualize splitting it instead into 3 equal parts. You get 1 of those parts and your buddy gets 2. There's no fractions there so it should be easier to visualize that your buddy got twice as much as you did.
Comparing those two visualizations might make it easier to see that someone who gets 2/3 of a pint gets more than someone who gets 1/2 of a pint.
Famously the A&W restaurant chain failed when introducing a 1/3 lb hamburger because many customers thought it was smaller than a 1/4 lb hamburger.
https://awrestaurants.com/blog/aw-third-pound-burger-fractio...