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Re:What’s Wrong with “Multiplication Is Repeated Addition”? ... by AzzieElbab on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @08:43AM (#26328149)
That is exactly how I explained multiplication to my 5 years old, right after getting him into programming by playing with profunctor optics
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Re:What’s Wrong with “Multiplication Is Repeated Addition”? ... by Garlef on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:00AM (#26328354)
I learned adding from counting disjoint unions of dots.

I learned multiplication from counting squares of dots.

But agreed: I learned about exponentiation first via repeated multiplication.

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Re:What’s Wrong with “Multiplication Is Repeated Addition”? ... by AzzieElbab on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:27AM (#26328671)
That is very cool. I prefer geometric/visual approaches. Like move that many steps along the line, figure out area of a rectangle and so on
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Re:What’s Wrong with “Multiplication Is Repeated Addition”? ... by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:12AM (#26328501)
You waited 5 years to teach programming to your 5 year old?
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