Do French people do mental arithmetic like what I have to do ?

Soixante-dix-neuf - I have to add it all up before I can move on to the next figure in the phone number.

"60+10+9 = 79 what did you say came next...?"

Quatre-vingts-dix-sept is even worse because it includes multiplication and addition.

"4(20)+10+7 = 80+10+7 = 97 can you repeat that please...?"

I am hoping that for French people the number just comes without them doing the sum, and that one day it may do the same for me.

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