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Holy shit.
Is that not how “normal” people do math in their head? How do they do it?
I have no idea how normal people do it but I do
9+7
One shy of 10+7
One shy of 17
16
I assume they just don't. For my mom at least, she absolutely will not apply mental effort to anything that doesn't strictly require it. If a mental task can be offloaded to someone or something else, she'll do that instead, every time.