re: 9+6 = ? "Our young learners might not be altogether comfortable..."

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go read my comments about deconstructing the symbols we use to denote numbers, and that will tell you why

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I saw it, however, it's still inefficient.

9+6=15...boom done.

I can deconstruct larger, more complex math problems in my head just fine. I learned to do it when it was necessary.

I understand the concept of it. However, it just seems like an unnecessary/inefficient use of time early on for something so simplistic as single digit addition.