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Rora's back again! And thanks, I like it too!

We have to do work experience for school this year. Anyone else?

brian, England ... I think.

I like cats. But I don't own one. I like cats when other people have to clean up their mess and pick feline fur off their clothes. I think I would like a cat, but like mathsyperson, I think the novelty would wear off pretty quickly.

We have two Siamese-looking cats (brother and sister), a black cat and a tabby from around the neighbourhood that visit our garden everyday though. One's outside right now ...

mathsy, MyCatHatesYou = strange. But oddly, quite funny.

Yes, I agree! Our form teacher gave us all strawberry Freddos ... and we had a Valentine's Day 'party' in Ethics. It was more like an excuse to eat food during class, but it was still good. We got to eat cake while watching 'School Ties' ...

Bah, I actually fell for it.

Hello satvik, thanks for posting.

What type of 'sums'?

I'm not really sure what you mean, but have a look in the Exercises section for questions. Or maybe you want to practice multiplication?

Or maybe you mean factoring, as in 'factorise 12x² + 4x + 3'?

There are many different techniques which help factorise different problems, so it might be more helpful if you tell us what you need help factoring.

But a general, starting rule is look for a common factor.

Eg. Factorise 2x + 6.
First, we would check if our two terms, 2x and 6, have a common factor. And they do. 2x and 6 can both be divided by 2, which makes 2 a common factor. So 2 can be taken out by dividing each term by two, which gives us 2(x + 3).

Hmm, you think so?

What about the new and improved avatar?

I'm a student too. School keeps me busy.

Yes, I always listen to music. And I started school today.

The only problem with playing music for me is that sometimes the thing I'm putting off is practicing an instrument or arranging a piece of music for school! So, the music actually stops me from practicing, if you know what I mean.

Things to stop procrastinating:
1. A tidy work area. I think this stops me getting distracted. My desk at the moment includes a massive pile of paper, pens, music, CDs, books, computer/camera cables and a ukulele. I don't get much work done ...
2. Prioritise things. Sometimes this works for me, sometimes it doesn't.
3. Set timelines for when things should be finished. Like, 'Colouring in my picture for art isn't as important as studying for my maths test, so in half an hour I'm going to stop working on art homework even if it isn't finished.' That was a bad example but you get the point hopefully.

Um, that's all for now I think. By tomorrow when the real homework starts I'll see if I have any more tips (if you can even call them that!).

I moved your post; I thought it would be more suitable here than in Members Only.

Sorry, I can't help you, but someone else surely can!

I have an unlimited amount of rolls ... on the third roll, the game automatically selects all the dice but if I unclick them, I can keep rolling ... meaning I just keep rolling/unselecting until I get the combination I want.

Score: 315

Edit: So, if I could be bothered to cheat ...

Score: 375

I win.