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#6701 Jokes » The Joys of Parenthood » 2005-04-20 19:16:35
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The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent problem with one of the main computers, dialled the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper.
"Hello." said the small voice.
"Is your daddy home?" he asked.
"Yes," whispered the small voice.
"May I talk with him?"
The child whispered, "No."
Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?"
"Yes."
"May I talk with her?"
Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"
"Yes," whispered the child, "a policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
"No, he's busy", whispered the child.
"Busy doing what?"
"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard a noise on the phone, the boss asked, "What is that noise?"
"A hello-copper" answered the whispering voice.
"What is going on there?" asked the boss, now truly alarmed.
In an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper."
Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little frustrated the boss asked, "What are they searching for?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle .... "ME."
#6702 Re: Puzzles and Games » The four shops » 2005-04-20 10:51:41
In My Humble Opinion, it can't be done in any straight-forward way. Must be a trick.
#6703 Re: Introductions » tricks to find age using numbers » 2005-04-20 10:49:17
It might very well work. Funny if it does.
#6704 Re: Help Me ! » Think » 2005-04-20 10:34:03
So, the two piles have 42 and 10 cards each. There are 10 upside-down cards mixed up in them, and you don't know if the pile of 10 cards has no upside-downs, 1 upside-down, or, freakishly, 10 upside down cards.
If, for example, there are 9 upside-downs in the 42, then there will be 1 upside-down in the 10
Turning the 10-pile upisde down will result in 9 upside-downs, matching the pile of 42.
Does it work for all combinations?
Wow, good party trick.
#6705 Re: Help Me ! » Maths!!!! » 2005-04-20 10:25:42
Answering to the puzzle, technically you could do 11+1+3+3+3=21.
That must be in response to:
hi
i got a nice problem 4 you.
you got 12 numbers which are
1 1 1
3 3 3
5 5 5
7 7 7
how do you add any 6 numbers to make 21???
Remember no subtraction, division or multiplication and using only 6 numers not more not less..!!!!!!
Good one!
And before j4tt turns up and disagrees, I will say "You Are Right!"
#6706 Re: Jokes » Another Blonde Joke » 2005-04-20 10:04:58
i think it was a naughty word censored out
Indeed not !
I was just curious to see if there was any link between hair colour and maths ...
... which of course there is ... in many ways ... percentage of people who are blonde for example ... oh, never mind 
#6707 Re: Jokes » Inflatable school » 2005-04-20 10:00:24
If you like maths and Science contact me from msn
Hello Mathsandcience, and welcome to the forum.
I removed your email address from your message, because you might be 13 or under If you are over 13 that's fine.
Anyway, you can discuss Maths and Science and even Jelly Babies HERE if you want ....
#6708 Re: Guestbook » Yo » 2005-04-20 09:52:13
Hi shannon, we can help. Ask a question and you shall receive an answer.
#6709 Re: Introductions » tricks to find age using numbers » 2005-04-20 01:41:46
Welcome, jam-pot. Hope to hear more from you.
#6710 Re: Guestbook » Maths is complecated » 2005-04-19 22:03:32
E=mc^2 (energy equals mass times the speed of light squared)
Mass can become energy. Formula discovered by Einstein.
#6711 Re: Guestbook » Maths » 2005-04-19 21:54:58
You would be surprised how many adults come here, too, needing to know something.
#6712 Re: Guestbook » sats » 2005-04-19 21:53:05
But it does matter - to you.
It may be someone else's fault, but it is your life. And you can do something about it.
#6713 Re: Guestbook » hi there » 2005-04-19 19:40:50
We love to here things like that, thank you so much zhu zhu.
Keep up the good work!
#6714 Re: Jokes » Another Blonde Joke » 2005-04-19 10:49:52
Can red hair be dyed easily? What would your friends think if you turned up blonde one day !
(Ummm ... let's look at the maths of hair colour?)
#6715 Re: Guestbook » Algebra » 2005-04-19 10:48:15
Correct, oh furry one.
In maths everything has a special name. "Variable" is the name given to the letters like "x","y","u" and so on.
#6716 Re: This is Cool » Can this be possible? » 2005-04-19 10:43:03
Have you talked to Pi before?
Oh, sure, just substitute letters for numbers and Pi is quite a talker !
#6717 Re: Guestbook » sats » 2005-04-19 10:39:04
Hiya, shannon.
Easy, start asking us questions, or telling us what you find hard, and we can talk about it
#6718 Re: Guestbook » maths » 2005-04-19 10:36:31
Nice.
#6719 Re: Jokes » Jokes » 2005-04-19 10:34:41
Big laugh !! 
#6720 Re: Guestbook » Algebra » 2005-04-19 01:58:26
Let's start at the beginning.
You know that 7 times 6 is 42, right ?
So, if I said 7 times "y" is 42, could you tell me what "y" is? (In algebra the letter "x", "y", etc just means "don't know this yet")
It would be written neatly like this:
7y=42
And you solve it like this:
7y=42
7y / 7 = 42 / 7 (you can divide by anything, so long as you do it to both sides of the "=")
y=42 / 7 (7/7 = 1 of course)
y=6 (42/7 = 6)
Is this too easy?
#6721 Re: Help Me ! » Maths!!!! » 2005-04-18 15:37:52
use a ratio box to solve this problem. In 25 minutes, 400 customers entered the attraction. At this rate, how many customers would enter the attraction in one hour?
25 minutes 400 customers
60 minutes 960 customers
So, 25 is to 60 as 400 is to 960
Or another way of looking at it 25 x 2.4 = 60, so 400 x 2.4 = 960
Or, 25/60 = 400/960
Or ... anything like that
NOW, I am not sure what you have been taught anout "Ratio Boxes" - there can be more than one way to do them, so I hope this matches with what you have been taught.
#6722 Re: Puzzles and Games » The four shops » 2005-04-18 10:53:46
Is a wall short like "____", or long like "____ ____" ?
#6723 Re: Introductions » every body .. come here » 2005-04-18 10:41:08
And the red dye in smarties is made from mexican crushed beetles.
I KNEW there was something wrong about the taste 
#6724 Re: This is Cool » Can this be possible? » 2005-04-18 10:31:08
Pi as a PUNISHMENT ?? Thats not right.
Pi is the friendliest number in the world.
#6725 Re: Guestbook » Maths Is Great.......... » 2005-04-18 01:57:48
Hiya, minnie, welcome back.