Sunday, March 7, 2010

I swear I did not teach her to do this.

In a book J was reading R today, there is a line about a rooster crowing 17 times a day, and having already crowed 6,205 times, so how long had the family been living there? (Answer: a year).

J reads this, and then starts explaining to R that 6,205 divided by 17 is 365.

He goes on to ask R if she wants to learn how to multiply 17 times 365. Of course R says yes.

So J explains: "Well, 17 times 365 equals 10 times 365 plus 7 times 365. 10 times 365 is 3,650. 7 times 300 is 2,100. 7 times 60 is 420 . . ."

At this point R cuts J off and says, "I roll my eyes now."

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