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10/26/2005 11:53:52 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by Gordon:
4100. But I guess the 'trick' is being able to do arithmetic.
I can't believe you'd need to check with a calculator - don't people get taught in school any more ? |
Unfortunately not. My nephew (recent HS grad) was STRONGLY encouraged to use a calc in his HS math class. There was even a section in their book on the calculator.
I, and then my dad, tried to explain to him that math is much faster and easier when done in the head or on paper.
My niece is now taking HS math. Same gig - NEED the calc, straight from the teacher's mouth.
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I guess that's why all our hiring is in India & China now... |
My daughter had to have a $180 calculator this year for a HS honors calc. class - if its public school... why do I have to buy..... ugh! another rant!
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10/26/2005 11:56:35 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by idnic:
My daughter had to have a $180 calculator this year for a HS honors calc. class - if its public school... why do I have to buy..... ugh! another rant! |
Exactly #2!!
(#1 is they shouldn't be allowed to use one until the second year of college) |
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10/26/2005 11:57:43 PM · #28 |
| I am a computer engineer, so math is my thing .. I also had couple of beers, I got 4080 the first time.. I went and got a third beer, redid the calculation then got 5000 like everyone else, I guess the lesson here is beer improve math .. I am drinking Sierra Nevada Stout by the way, best black beer in my opinion .. |
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10/27/2005 12:00:30 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
4100. But I guess the 'trick' is being able to do arithmetic.
I can't believe you'd need to check with a calculator - don't people get taught in school any more ? |
It's a natural twist the brain does.
More people will end up at 5000 than 4100 on this. Nothing to do with being taught math in school.
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10/27/2005 01:34:01 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by BradP:
Originally posted by Gordon:
4100. But I guess the 'trick' is being able to do arithmetic.
I can't believe you'd need to check with a calculator - don't people get taught in school any more ? |
It's a natural twist the brain does.
More people will end up at 5000 than 4100 on this. Nothing to do with being taught math in school. |
I got 4100, but I read the problem, realized it just asked me to add them all up, then went through and did just that, not re-reading the directions. If you step through it and add as you go, the directions distract your mind from the mechanics of adition, specifically carrying the 1 when the tens column exceeds 9.
Good grief, I'm such the dork engineer.......................
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10/27/2005 05:05:29 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by samanwar:
I am a computer engineer, so math is my thing .. I also had couple of beers, I got 4080 the first time.. I went and got a third beer, redid the calculation then got 5000 like everyone else, I guess the lesson here is beer improve math .. I am drinking Sierra Nevada Stout by the way, best black beer in my opinion .. |
Now this is why I spend so much of my time rechecking the results from fancy analysis software packages....
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10/27/2005 05:12:04 PM · #32 |
| i got 4100 but i worked in a store that didnt have a cash register so addition and subtraction of large numbers comes easy to me... dont ask me how to multiply though!! |
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10/27/2005 05:21:26 PM · #33 |
more of a word problem than a math problem. yah?
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10/27/2005 05:22:33 PM · #34 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by Gordon:
4100. But I guess the 'trick' is being able to do arithmetic.
I can't believe you'd need to check with a calculator - don't people get taught in school any more ? |
Unfortunately not. My nephew (recent HS grad) was STRONGLY encouraged to use a calc in his HS math class. There was even a section in their book on the calculator.
I, and then my dad, tried to explain to him that math is much faster and easier when done in the head or on paper.
My niece is now taking HS math. Same gig - NEED the calc, straight from the teacher's mouth.
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In India when I was studying, I never used a calculator before college. We were taught how to use the log tables for difficult multiplication/divisions problems. I for one didn't like the log table and only practiced on my own and could mulitply 2 3-digit numbers without writing anything on paper ( execpt the answer ofcourse :)) No I am not that good anymore.
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10/27/2005 05:23:04 PM · #35 |
4100, first try w/o reading other posts. Don't get it.
edit - oh, yeah, I get it. I never add things in the order I'm told to. I added all the 1000's and then the others after, hehe.
Message edited by author 2005-10-27 17:27:43.
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10/27/2005 05:24:22 PM · #36 |
Odd, I got 8000 the first time. What's up with that? :-/
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10/27/2005 05:26:33 PM · #37 |
Old joke, but now let's put a DPC twist on it!
Take f/8, 1/250, ISO 400, add 2 f-stops, stop down 1/3.... |
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10/27/2005 05:28:25 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by macpapas:
Old joke, but now let's put a DPC twist on it!
Take f/8, 1/250, ISO 400, add 2 f-stops, stop down 1/3.... |
I just had an anuerism.
edit - wait what's 1/3 of 8? Or am I totally off? That's 2.6666666666666666666666666666667
Message edited by author 2005-10-27 17:30:30.
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10/27/2005 07:19:31 PM · #39 |
| Uhhh, wait for me to get home and I'll solve that, I just don't have beer in the office .. |
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10/27/2005 07:22:02 PM · #40 |
| Strange.... I got 3.14159265357 .... |
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10/27/2005 07:59:51 PM · #41 |
| Laurie will solve this for you in no time... :D |
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10/27/2005 08:04:14 PM · #42 |
stiop messing with me while on my margarite therapy night
- Linda
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10/27/2005 08:16:54 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Odd, I got 8000 the first time. What's up with that? :-/ |
You forgot to convert from Canadian. |
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10/27/2005 08:35:39 PM · #44 |
| I came with kenskidcantscoreabove5inachallenge |
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10/28/2005 01:13:29 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by alfresco:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Odd, I got 8000 the first time. What's up with that? :-/ |
You forgot to convert from Canadian. |
AHA! :-D
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10/28/2005 01:21:01 PM · #46 |
Originally posted by idnic:
hahahaa tricky, Brad. I actually came up with 4100 first time by scanning the numbers. but when i read in order i got 5000 lol |
I came up with 4100 from scanning it too...so I read in order and kept getting 5000 until I figured out what I was doing! Very cool effect!
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10/28/2005 08:37:21 PM · #47 |
I actually had some man do this "trick" on me in a bar one night.
He bet me a drink.
But it's so obvious when someone bets you something in a bar that there has to be a catch to it.
I did want to blurt out 5,000, but being Mr. Skeptical I made myself think just a few seconds more and realized what the mistake was.
He bought me a beer, which was good.
The bar tender fell for it though.
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10/28/2005 09:54:25 PM · #48 |
| After reading about 5000 as an answer, I tried to see how and I never got 5000 as an answer, only 4100 ! Something's wrong with me I think |
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