I've never done this, so...four times table in base twelve. OK.

从来没么做过，所以… … 在十二进制里的四倍乘法。好的。

Mary did not. She only knew her tables as far as six times twelve.

玛丽不，她的乘法只学到了6乘12。

They're still trying to learn how to do their multiplication tables, you know.

他还在努力学习如何做乘法。

Some times tables work more nicely in base twelve, some work more nicely in base ten.

有些乘法在使用十二进制时运用得更好，有些是使用十进制时运用得更好。

Now, if we know our 12 times tables we know that this is equal to 108.

如 12 的乘法，那么就个数等于 108。

This multiplication table will help you.

个乘法会对你有帮助。

But it will also provide an opportunity to teach the kids more than multiplication tables and reading assignments.

但也提供了一个机会，不再只是教孩子乘法和阅读作业。

For instance, for most educated adults, solving a complicated equation has a higher cognitive load than reciting the multiplication table.

例如，对于大多数受过教育的成年人来说，解决一个复杂的方程比背诵乘法有更高的认负荷。

Another way to think about it is we're  basically constructing a multiplication table.

另一种思考方式是，基本上是在构建一个乘法。

Yes, I just want him to be able to do his times table.

行 只想他能算乘法。

Now children, let's review our multiplication tables.

孩子 现在来复习乘法。

She's gotta learn her times tables.

她要学会乘法。

One simple method is to practice repeating information aloud, like reciting multiplication tables or vocabulary words.

一种简单的方法是大声练习重复信息，例如背诵乘法或词汇。

If I thought the multiplication table would help me any I would recite it from now till tomorrow morning.

如认为乘法对有任何帮助，会从现在到明天早上背诵它。

If mathematicians followed the same method, high school texts on algebra and geometry would include the multiplication table and fractions.

如数学家采用相同的方法，高中代数和几何课本将包括乘法和分数。

As it happens, though, these two groups are really the same, in the sense that their multiplication tables will look identical.

然而，碰巧的是，两组实际上是相同的，从某种意义上说， 它的乘法看起来是相同的。

This is entirely analogous to how the usual multiplication table is written symbolically, which abstracts away from the idea of literal counts.

完全类似于通常的乘法的符号书写方式，它抽象了字面计数的概念。

Soon that lesson was learned, and then another, and another, till at last she could say from twice one to twelve times twelve without a mistake!

很快，她就学会了一课，一课又一课，最后她终于可以完美地算出两次一到十二的乘法！

Now if you don't like my story, then go to the schoolroom and learn your multiplication-table, and see if you like that better.

现在，如你不喜欢的故事， 那就去教室学习你的乘法， 看看你是否更喜欢它。

You would have to completely rewire everyone's brains into being like, " Oh, let me get my base twelve times tables." Be like, " Oh my gosh."

你必须把每个人的大脑完全重新连接起来，就像，“哦，让找找的十二制乘法。”差不多会是那样，“哦，的天。”