Just realized I hit 200 Khan Academy lessons and still can't do long division in my head

I started using Khan Academy back in March to brush up on basic math since my kid kept asking me for homework help. Last night I checked my profile and saw I had completed 205 lessons, which honestly blew my mind because I thought I was maybe at 50 or so. The wild part is I still freeze up when I have to divide two big numbers without a calculator, like at the grocery store to figure out tsp per serving. Those lessons are great for showing steps but they don't really stick in my brain for real world use. I guess I just zone out and click through instead of actually practicing. Has anyone else finished a bunch of courses and still felt like you learned nothing practical?

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barbara_butler26d ago

Wait, 205 lessons without getting long division to stick?

fiona13026d ago

My own trick was forcing myself to do the math in front of my kid out loud with a whiteboard. I picked one recipe a week and made him watch me figure out servings and fractions step by step. Around lesson 150 I realized all that clicking was just me going through motions, so I started writing down every problem on paper first like a test. Now I can split a dinner bill in my head quick but long division still feels clunky unless I talk it through.

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