[UA] pi

[stuartanderson at uswest.net]

Doug Stalker wrote:

> Amusing maths annecdote that demonstrates this:  Someone was sitting in a third
> year maths tutorial when he turned to the person next to him and asked "What's
> that back to front delta symbol on the third line mean?"
> His friend replied "It's the number six"
>
>  - Doug

Three young men came into my classroom at the beginning of school. I wanted to
assess them a little, so I asked the first little boy, "What's three times nine?"
"Eighteen," he replied.
Needs work, I thought. "Do you know?" I asked the next little boy.
"Tuesday," he replied.
Let's let this one's meds stabilize, I thought. "Do you know?" I asked the last
little boy.
"Twenty-seven," he replied.
"Wonderful!" I said, "Can you tell the others how you got that?"
"Well, I took eighteen minus Tuesday, and that's twenty-seven."
--Stu


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