Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 10:41:29 CDT 2011
I'm stuck on 9x11... On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:34 AM, David McAfee <davidmcafee at gmail.com> wrote: > Don't forget the 9's hand trick: > > Put down the finger of the number that you are multiplying with 9. > > for example, 9x4 > > Hold you hands out with the backs of your hands facing you. > put down your left index finger (or 4th from the left) > > The number of fingers to the left of the finger (3) that is down is your > first digit, those to the right (6) add up to your right digit. > > It's so awesome to watch children light up when they learn something new. > > :) > > David > > > My kids loved showing their friends this trick. > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Can they multiply yet? There are some cool things about multiplication. I > > like the elevens especially. 11*11=121. 11*11*11=12121, and so on. The > > nines > > are cool, too: take the digits in any multiple of nine and they add up to > > 9: > > 18, 27. 36. 45, etc. > > > > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >