hmmm - by math do you mean arithmetic and manipulation of numbers?Asking becausing there is a lot more to maths, I have a degree in pure mathematics and can bore most people to death discussing infinity, countable sets and other amazing concepts. Had plenty of subjects where there were no numbers or arithmetic. The more abstract the better!Simple arithmetic is often just manipulating numbers and memorising rules and tables. My addition and multiplication tables are words i say back. Like i remember song lyrics. Not the sounds, just memorised the words but also like a "pacing" to how imsay them back.Rules, algorithms, procedures, my brain is good at remembering. So I can just apply them.Im not bad a sequences of numbers, they just stick. Probably better than names. A few weeks ago was at a mechanics picking up my car when a couple came in, the mechanic told them about their error code and then had a few minute discussion. At the end he said "and the code...", he paused while trying to remember it, I just repeated the code back. The couple looked at me and i said "Im good with numbers". A few days later I was at the supermarket and they were there. They looked at me and I could see they recognised me but couldnt place me - I told them "at the mechanics - code P0154". They were shocked and said yes you are good at numbers. BTW that was 2 months ago and I still have the error code stuck in my head. Just googled it (busted oxygen sensor) and only now remembered what the mechanic said about the busted sensor.Can remember phone numbers from my teen years. Friends university ids, 7 digit numbers.I did find that at university that I was better at some geometric stuff than my friends. They would visualise it, while I would "conceptualise it". It meant i could handle some things in 4 or more dimensions, where they couldnt see it as it couldnt be done as a simple visual. And yes, I am wild fun at parties.

I was really good at mental maths as a child and continue to be so. How would pictures improve this, i wonder. I think they'd just get in the way.

When I was younger, it was pretty easy and I don't know how I did it.Not "savant level cube root of poly digit stuff, but simple arythmetic was no big deal.Now I'm older, I often resort to breaking things into tens, hundreds etc, or nearby multiplesFerinstance:8, 2,3,7,6,4 added up get broken into the three pairs that make up tens,and there's three of 'em, so thirty.25% discount off of $47 is well nearly $48, so a bit less than $12. If I then need to get picky, well its $1 less and that's $0.25 so$11.75 discountThat sort of thing.These days, I'm more likely to just reach for the phone and select the calculator app.Its never seemed to be a visual thing, just a practice thing.Like I can still recognise integral calculus, and I understand the principle of it relating to an area under a curve, but couldn't solve one to save my life.

hmmm - by math do you mean arithmetic and manipulation of numbers?Asking becausing there is a lot more to maths, I have a degree in pure mathematics and can bore most people to death discussing infinity, countable sets and other amazing concepts. Had plenty of subjects where there were no numbers or arithmetic. The more abstract the better!Simple arithmetic is often just manipulating numbers and memorising rules and tables. My addition and multiplication tables are words i say back. Like i remember song lyrics. Not the sounds, just memorised the words but also like a "pacing" to how imsay them back.Rules, algorithms, procedures, my brain is good at remembering. So I can just apply them.Im not bad a sequences of numbers, they just stick. Probably better than names. A few weeks ago was at a mechanics picking up my car when a couple came in, the mechanic told them about their error code and then had a few minute discussion. At the end he said "and the code...", he paused while trying to remember it, I just repeated the code back. The couple looked at me and i said "Im good with numbers". A few days later I was at the supermarket and they were there. They looked at me and I could see they recognised me but couldnt place me - I told them "at the mechanics - code P0154". They were shocked and said yes you are good at numbers. BTW that was 2 months ago and I still have the error code stuck in my head. Just googled it (busted oxygen sensor) and only now remembered what the mechanic said about the busted sensor.Can remember phone numbers from my teen years. Friends university ids, 7 digit numbers.I did find that at university that I was better at some geometric stuff than my friends. They would visualise it, while I would "conceptualise it". It meant i could handle some things in 4 or more dimensions, where they couldnt see it as it couldnt be done as a simple visual. And yes, I am wild fun at parties.

I was really good at mental maths as a child and continue to be so. How would pictures improve this, i wonder. I think they'd just get in the way.

When I was younger, it was pretty easy and I don't know how I did it.Not "savant level cube root of poly digit stuff, but simple arythmetic was no big deal.Now I'm older, I often resort to breaking things into tens, hundreds etc, or nearby multiplesFerinstance:8, 2,3,7,6,4 added up get broken into the three pairs that make up tens,and there's three of 'em, so thirty.25% discount off of $47 is well nearly $48, so a bit less than $12. If I then need to get picky, well its $1 less and that's $0.25 so$11.75 discountThat sort of thing.These days, I'm more likely to just reach for the phone and select the calculator app.Its never seemed to be a visual thing, just a practice thing.Like I can still recognise integral calculus, and I understand the principle of it relating to an area under a curve, but couldn't solve one to save my life.