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To: sheana
I freaked out a youth a few years ago while visiting Fort Sumter. The Ranger asked a question "how many soldiers were needed to man the 17 cannons if each cannon needed 5 soldiers?"

Without hesitating I blurted out "85". The young man next to me asked "how did you know that?" lol

44 posted on 09/10/2025 9:15:01 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

That’s easy. I multiply everything by 10 and then go from there. The 10 makes it easier than the 5.
17x10=170 divide by 2 since 5 is half of 10.

When I was explaining this to granddaughter she got a giant blank look on her face. After I kept throwing numbers at her and she did it a few times you could see the lightbulb go off.


60 posted on 09/11/2025 7:26:23 AM PDT by sheana
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