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To: Kit cat; Ray76; Slyfox

So they are teaching to start with the lower number, add up to easy numbers in sequence, and then add up the steps it took to get there.

What over complicated IDIOCY.


17 posted on 03/20/2014 11:06:45 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: piytar

OK, now I get it. Thank you.


21 posted on 03/20/2014 11:10:07 PM PDT by ozaukeemom (Is there even a republic left?)
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To: piytar

A “trick” for quick mental arithmetic - if that’s what this is - can come later. First, learn to add subtract multiply and divide.


22 posted on 03/20/2014 11:47:04 PM PDT by Ray76 (Profit from the mistakes of others, you'll never live long enough to make them all yourself.)
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