7th-Century Multiplication Table Identified in Japan

Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 6, 2024 | editors / unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Wood fragment of a multiplication table

Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

[G Larry]

Japan had Pee Chee’s?

[Red Badger]

Crib notes....................

[Red Badger]

Ancient Japan had stupid government workers, just like today................

[SunkenCiv]

East meets West.

[Billthedrill]

Wait, only one right answer for each one? That’s racist.

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, racism in Japan? Next you'll tell me Japan is xenophobic.

[SunkenCiv]

If they start school early enough...

[Billthedrill]

Well, they were perfectly fine with foreign visitors. Except for the cutting off the head part.

[Red Badger]

In 3rd grade we had to memorize the multiplication tables all the way to 12x12.

In the old days they ha dto learn all the way to 15x15 or more...........

[CatHerd]

So, they learned their multiplication tables in 7th century Japan. That means 7th century Japan was way ahead of our nutty New Math public schools in 21st century America. Things that make ya go “hmm”.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

One little thing. :^)

[frank ballenger]

That doesn’t add up.

[SunkenCiv]

There was a kid in my 3rd grade class (which was a basement classroom, something parents would flip about today) who definitely didn’t known multiplication, spent many a lunch hour writing the same sentence over and over until the iterations added up to the number the teacher wanted. She was a WAC or WAVE in WWII Philippines. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

:^)

No one’s noticed BobbyDarin in the keywords, and I want to take a nap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-NZ7TaoT0

[Red Badger]

We had to stand IN FRONT OF THE CLASS and say the tables out loud until we made a mistake or couldn’t remember.

Very embarrassing...................

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t remember doing that, probably had to, I remember doing flash cards. :^)

[Red Badger]

We didn’t have those. Rural Mississippi schools were very poor before Title IX...........................

[Hammerhead]

Wow like nobody would’ve eventually figured out 2×2 = 4? And then apply that same principle to the rest of the numbers? It’s like De Soto discovering the Mississippi. Give me a break.