Originally posted by: NoraSM
He also said that Mano is a "Kushal Ganitagya", we know he was exaggerating, I am not a skilled mathematician but if someone asks table of 23 or 25, I can easily multiply and say it, it's not really difficult, A Skilled mathematician can do it in fraction of seconds, so I don't understand why you guys are making it seem like a herculean task, we don't memorize tables because we can multiply, so an IITian is much more Skilled than me and he or she can definitely tell you table of 23 pr 25 if you ask him. One would doubt IIT, if Topper doesn't know table of 23
You are completely right dear. But you are looking at the topic in you own way. 23x25 can be easily calculated, memorising the table of 23 is not really required. A child of class 3-4 can easily do it.
But the thing is Bon was doing the calculation. Let alone a child, a average student of any age needs a bit of time to calculate it and then give the answer. Bon was in the process. But did Ani wait for it? He rushed, saying Mano can easily give the answer in a fraction of a second.
The thing about which we are talking is what exactly does Ani wants? He wants Bon to give the answer of a (big for a 4th standard student) multiplication immediately? Looks like he wants Bon to memorise the table of 23 and then multiply and not use the tiresome method of separately multiplying 2 and 3 with 25. That's why he was so happy when Bon finally mugged up the table of 23 when it is certainly not required. A basic multiplication can do the job.