David McAfee
davidmcafee at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 11:30:55 CDT 2011
:) Use your toes On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:41 AM, Doug Steele <dbdoug at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >