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Posted on 03/01/2014 6:02:12 PM PST by dontreadthis
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To: Chode
I don’t think the lattice mult method is easier.
I don’t agree with the suspicions mentioned in #79 — not say to, however, the poster isn’t correct.
I didn’t necessarily follow the conventions when I was a kid, and yet ranked very, very high locally and nationally. So I don’t automatically object to departures from convention — either the techniques work or they don’t.
I’m noticing a lot of goofy techniques being taught today. But they work. And some of the techniques offer clever ways of analyzing and solving problems.
If I were the math czar, I’d start the noobs on circles and triangles with supplemental add/mult.
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:41:35 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: funfan
This must be the method Obama was taught. In Baraq's math, the answer to every problem is "one trillion".
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:44:12 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
To: Chode
AH! Thanks for reminding me!
I just got a bottle of Glenlivet yesterday afternoon.
Time to crack that suckah and put it with some ice!!!
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:45:52 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
To: All
This will be an example of what we can expect from CommieCore story problems:
The Evil Lumber Company cut down 12 trees while only re-planting 3 trees. The greed of capitalism damaged Mother Gaia by how many trees?
To: moose07
if you say so...
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:47:59 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: moose07
Lattice multiplication is Chinese?
I didn’t know that.
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:51:24 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
To: moose07
To: Gene Eric
but how well does it work when you have to add ten or twenty or more numbers???
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:53:09 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: RandallFlagg
enjoy...
109
posted on
03/01/2014 8:54:44 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Chode
>> but how well does it work
Sorry, what is “it” that you’re referring to?
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:56:07 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
I was just telling my Wife, “The top two countries in math are Japan and India (I think). Why don’t we send some of their best here to train our teachers to teach math better to our kids?”
But, the answer to why is obvious: They don’t WANT our kids to be good at math.
They want drones.
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:59:02 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
To: thecodont
Napier’s bones gives the answer within the square, this gives it on the outside.
Visually they do to strikingly similar.
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posted on
03/01/2014 8:59:13 PM PST
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: Gene Eric
p.s. i forgot the article is about subtraction, do they still teach children to add the old way also?
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:00:45 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Fzob
What a bizarre way to subtract. It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how and why this process works, but I can think of no reason to actually teach this to children.
I teach 7th grade math in a public school, and I do NOT have 20 minutes to figure this out...
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:05:16 PM PST
by
lyby
("Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe." ~ Galileo Galilei)
To: Chode
I’d have to look at the text books to give you an accurate answer. They were a few years ago.
115
posted on
03/01/2014 9:13:13 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: RandallFlagg
It would be wise for those two nations to ensure the US stays strong.
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:15:20 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Gene Eric
Agreed.
Like I said, though. I was just guessing.
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:17:07 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
To: dontreadthis
The purpose is to confuse and disable......with the ultimate aim of creating obedient wards of the state.
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posted on
03/01/2014 9:24:11 PM PST
by
dasboot
To: dontreadthis
they are re-wiring the brains to think collectively
I think you have solved the math problem!
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:12:53 AM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
To: dontreadthis
120
posted on
03/02/2014 4:51:26 AM PST
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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