By about what age do children begin to do addition and subtraction mentally?
AThree years
BNine years
CSix years
DTwelve years
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Six years
1. Kindergarteners start with fingers, then drop the habit.
2. They begin to add and subtract mentally at approximately six years.
3. At about eight they retrieve answers from memory.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mathematical anxiety, section Math pedagogy_
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