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To: teeman8r

You can get a few of them just by assuming that one of the choices is correct and figuring the last digit.

41 x 21 = (40 + 1) x (20 + 1) = 800+ 40 + 20 +1.

Only one of the choices ends in 1. Don’t bother doing the sum. And, no, I didn’t need paper and pencil.


18 posted on 11/21/2017 4:03:11 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I got most that way... not a very good test for figgering


19 posted on 11/21/2017 4:11:20 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Gee, your way of determining 41 x 21 looks more complicated than mine.

41 x 21 = 41 + 820 ... or 21 + 840

I’ve been doing math in my head since grade school.


22 posted on 11/21/2017 4:37:32 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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