Unless . the y axis is the number of albums released and the x axis is the amount of time passed , then you would have been correct . now I ' m overthinking this . <| sep |> I think there is a wider deal between Russia and Turkey , but Turkey keeps stretching the limits of the deal to see what they can get away with . <| sep |> You tell me , Silas . What is your name ? <| sep |> I can somewhat explain this with an anecdote , this is based on my own experience . I never bothered memorizing the times tables as a kid , but still turned out pretty good at math because by luck I happened upon the Common Core way of thinking about numbers . It ' s essentially an easier way to do multiplication in your head by divide and conquer . Like if I want to multiply 42 by 56 , I can do long multiplication , or I can just take 42 x 50 42 x 5 42 , which is a lot easier to figure out in your head . It ' s exactly how they want kids to think about numbers , in terms of expressions you can chunk into easier pieces . Addition and subtraction is a lot easier to reason about than multiplication and division .