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[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I would have done 10+6, but that's effectively the same thing as the OP.

Aside from literally counting, what other way is there to arrive at 16? You either memorize it, batch the numbers into something else you have memorized, or you count.

Am I missing some obvious 'natural' way?

[–] Floey@lemm.ee 10 points 3 hours ago

I'd argue memorizing it is the natural way, at least if you work with numbers a lot. Think about how a typist can type a seven letter word faster than a string of seven random characters. Is that not good proof that we have pathways in our brain that short circuit simpler procedural steps?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago

Theres more complicated ways for sure, but I think we have identified all the simple ones. Could break it into twos I guess.