[kevingadd]

I'm not iglio but I also have issues with memorization in general, despite effort. Probably due to a head injury I got as a child, but hard to really be sure.

I work around it the same way in practice; having access to google so I can look things up is really helpful. I can do the actual work on paper if I have access to formulas or reference materials, but I've forgotten things like long division as many times as I've learned them, and I was never able to memorize times tables successfully. Naturally this is a hindrance to classwork - I had one great math teacher who recognized that memorization was a problem and he allowed me to have a reference book of formulas during my finals so I was able to pass with no issues since I was able to do the math, but most other uni courses were a huge challenge. Courses where you're allowed to use a calculator were great in comparison.

[cyberax]

My memory was not great either. It's still not that great, so I'm learning Chinese to train it (memorizing Hanzi characters helps).

For me it's outlandish that somebody can forget long division. I literally haven't done it in 20 years, but I've just tried it and I can do it fine.

I guess not using calculator at school helped a lot. My math and physics classes all had arithmetic that could be done mentally, or occasionally on a piece of paper.