Math Is Fun Forum

Yeah, franzak, cool it down a bit. There are people here.

Zach is right.  It takes practice.

Buy one of those posters with the multiplication table and put it on your wall.

And go to these multiplication worksheets, and print out lots to practice on.

You'll get there !

That's good, stewie.

I had a teacher that would lie down on the floor, resting his head on his hand (like you might watch TV), and he would then tell us stuff.

We all had to look down and over each other to see him. And he didn't even notice how strange it was !

But, to be fair, there are some really good teachers too (right??)

It will be stewie version 2.0

I think its the sugar they put in it.

3. 1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679 etc

And a trillion more digits are apparently known so far !

Some people reckon there is a secret message from God in there somewhere, if only we knew how to work it out ...

Calm, quiet sort of person?

OK, your next "PUZZLE" says:

Start:           3y+4y=6+15.

Now, here is another thing you can do. By just thinking "I have 3 apples and 4 apples, so I must have 7 apples" you can take the first step:

Start:           3y+4y=6+15
Add 3y+4y:        7y=6+15

OK? 3 times something + 4 times something = 7 times something. Just remember, they must all be the same something, like "apples". You cant add apples to rocks, so you cant add "x" to "y"

AND you didn't have to do it to BOTH sides, because you were just RE-ARRANGING things on one side, not adding anything.

Now, the next step is easy, just add the 6 and 15 together:

Start:           3y+4y=6+15
Add 3y+4y:        7y=6+15
Add 6+15:          7y=21

And then we use our "you can divide so long as you do it to both sides" rule, so let's divide BOTH sides by 7

Start:           3y+4y=6+15
Add 3y+4y:        7y=6+15
Add 6+15:          7y=21
Divide by 7:          y=3          DONE !

It is just like a GAME or PUZZLE with rules.

"Missed her completely", so he stayed a bachelor?

Perhaps you are going to say "I still have 4, just in two separate locations" ??

So, are blonde jokes "hairist" ?

The Storm
by Harry Kane

The Bachelor
by Mister Completely