Has anyone developed techniques to do math without symbol manipulation?
Sometimes, when I’m doing certain kinds of calculations in my head, I imagine a clock and mentally manipulate the hands until I can see the “size” of the value I’m trying to reach (only then do I transform this value into a number). Is this similar to what you are talking about?
Sometimes, when I’m doing certain kinds of calculations in my head, I imagine a clock and mentally manipulate the hands until I can see the “size” of the value I’m trying to reach (only then do I transform this value into a number). Is this similar to what you are talking about?