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  1. Helen Hawkins-Ainsley
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    That sounds right to me, getting excited now

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  2. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Would just like to point out that 'sleeps to go' ain't mathematics :o/

    (15, by the way)

    Posted 9 years ago #

  3. Auntie Beryl
    Member

    OH , yes it is ! When you have a brain like mine !

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  4. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Oh No It Isn't!

    (we're beginning to sound like a pantomime)

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  5. Rachel H
    Member

    I don't do sums; They gave up on me at the age of 14 as unteachable. My problem was always the same: If they asked you simple things like 2 and 2, that's fine, but when you are asked if it takes 4 ladies to fill a bath with soapy water but the plug is faulty, how long will it take to wash these ladies if the bath water drops at 0.3 suds per seconds! Same with: Johnny has a chocolate bar with 20 pieces in it, if he nicks your packet of pear drops, how long before he is sick? You know the sort of thing!!

    And I have just spent another day not using algebra or the other thing with triangles etc.

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  6. brenda midgley
    Member

    Oh Rachel - didn't realise you are as dim as me when it comes to sums - but I know exactly what you mean - you only need to say to me 'take 4 small boys and 3 oranges' and it's enough to make me groan.........

    It's all about working it out using the right method - but I never remember what the method is.

    Are you also like me then that if someone chucked a lot of coloured funny shapes at you, you would have it made up into e.g. a proper square without even thinking about it? Fascinating isn't it how our brains work - and the things some people can do with theirs while others have to stand and scratch their heads for a bit.

    Yes - you see - you need ponder on that. Next time you see someone scratching their head it doesn't necessarily mean they've got nits.....

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  7. Jean Strange
    Member

    As I used to tell children at school (especially the year 6) "don't ask me I don't do maths". When I did a job share I planned all the literacy and my partner planned the maths. I used to get all the head banging maths on Friday!!! My LSA and I used to spend ages working out what we were supposed to be doing!!

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  8. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Is there anyone, ANYONE, else out there who is prepared to say that maths doesn't bother them?

    (Come on Andrea, give me some support here!)

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  9. Andrea Thompson
    Moderator

    I'm here, I'm here!
    And I'm with Christine. Love maths. The more abstract the better for me :-)
    Give me a pen and paper and I'll happily do sums till the cows come home. :-)

    When the questions are phrased the way described above then I can imagine why your eyes glaze over, but if they phrased it...

    Christine has a cross stitch pattern which is 70 squares wide by 100 squares long. How big will the design be on 14 count Aida?

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  10. Helen Hawkins-Ainsley
    Member

    Christine / Andrea I'm with you, but then I have to use it all day counting little cardbaord boxes. But, can never do the Countdown sums in the time allowed. I'm much better with the letters & anagrams.

    At least I can do enough mental stuff to know how much change to expect when I use real money in a shop !!

    I do like Andrea's way of phrasing the problems.

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  11. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Thank you for that, Andrea and Helen!

    I'm tempted to offer a prize for the first person to give the correct answer to Andrea's maths question - but you must show your working! <sounds of evil laughter>

    And No, Andrea, you're not eligible to enter!!!

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  12. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    LOL Helen, if you can do the Countdown sums at all then that's a very valuable exercise in mental arithmetic!

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  13. Auntie Beryl
    Member

    I'm sorry I spoke !

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  14. brenda midgley
    Member

    Never mind Beryl - we can carry on with this thread until Leicester - it'll use the time up.

    I make it 5" x 7 and three-eighths" (can't find the 'fractions' symbol!). I have a ruler which gives fabric count measurements with imperial measurements - so that's how I got the answer. If any of you wish to tell me I'm a cheat - that's your prerogative, personally I prefer to say I improvised!!

    Jolly useful this ruler thingy I have. A friend gave it to me about 10 or 12 years ago saying she didn't want it, whereas me, I use it all the time. No end of occasions have I got it out to measure up a bit of fabric to see if my stitches will fit.

    Now, the thing is, have I gone and spoilt everybody's fun...... Mrs. Berrett, if you wish to withhold this reply until everybody's responses are in - I give you permission.

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  15. Andrea Thompson
    Moderator

    I think labour saving devices are brilliant so I'm not going to criticise that. I use my calculator a lot too.just to check my answers of course... ;-)

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  16. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    I would give Mrs M extra points for enterprise and sheer cheek

    BUT

    that's not the answer I have on the card (channelling J Paxman here).

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  17. brenda midgley
    Member

    Oh, then do tell Mrs. Berrett.

    I'll check in the morning. Right now I'm off to bed with a good book - murder in Victorian England - haven't worked out 'who dunnit' yet....... obviously I'm rubbish at solving murders as well as doing sums........

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  18. Jane N
    Member

    I make it 5 inches x 7.14 inches so personally, I'd probably knock off a couple of stitches & make it 5 x 7! ;-)

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  19. brenda midgley
    Member

    Aha! - It would seem Jane Napier's in my gang - thank you Jane. In actual fact my ruler thing just said a couple of notches past the 7" so I guessed at the three eighths (still can't find the symbol!). It looked about that to me.

    No response yet from Mrs. Berrett, maybe she's still stirring golden syrup into her morning porridge. That's what I had for my brekkie today - luvly jubbly.

    Are you coming to Leicester I wonder Jane? and your lovely mum? She's my partner in crime when we go out clubbing on Saturday night (hers and mine little joke - we usually seem to toddle off to bed about the same time and end our conversation by saying 'see you later to go out clubbing). Daft, but it's fun.

    Interesting though that throughout these 'conversations' we are still using inches instead of centimetres - you can tell the old 'uns in the group.......

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  20. Christine Berrett
    Administrator

    Yoghurt, granola and honey, actually.

    Posted 9 years ago #

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