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Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Tue May 17, 05 10:18 am Post subject:
I dread the words " Dad, in a quadratic equation, do you.............?" "er... ask your mum !She left school after me..........

jema
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Posted: Tue May 17, 05 10:26 am Post subject:

Blacksmith wrote:

I dread the words " Dad, in a quadratic equation, do you.............?"
"er... ask your mum !She left school after me..........

I was kind of a star maths student, on the 'A' level course, I was not even expected to bother with what the rest of the class did (which was handy as it also meant no homework). So when the kids approach me with maths homework, I expect to be able to figure it out.... but only if the numbers are right in the first place

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: Somewhere

Posted: Tue May 17, 05 10:30 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

...I was kind of a star maths student.... but only if the numbers are right in the first place

A truly 'star' student would have handed back the completed problem with the mistake in the question corrected.

Blacksmith

Joined: 25 Jan 2005
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Location: Berkshire

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 9:02 am Post subject:
My school maths lessons consisted of being sent out to count the railings around the play ground. Dave

amiphist

Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 75

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:05 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

She is liable to be a slightly strangled ex-daughter, as I spend 20 minutes earlier this evening failing to solve the puzzle set as her maths homework

She has just told me she wrote one of the numbers down wrong

In my defense, there were quite alot of numbers, and no one in my class got it right, the 'star student' wasn't much use

jema
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Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:29 pm Post subject:

amiphist wrote:

jema wrote:

She is liable to be a slightly strangled ex-daughter, as I spend 20 minutes earlier this evening failing to solve the puzzle set as her maths homework

She has just told me she wrote one of the numbers down wrong

In my defense, there were quite alot of numbers, and no one in my class got it right, the 'star student' wasn't much use

and some of the numbers were as high as 8

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:32 pm Post subject:
Big number that, I thought you computer people only did one and nought.1000 isn't it?

amiphist

Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 75

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:34 pm Post subject:
see, he can't even get that right! The numbers were as high as 9, and there were alot of them

jema
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Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:35 pm Post subject:

amiphist wrote:

see, he can't even get that right! The numbers were as high as 9, and there were alot of them

The numbers you wrote down were as high as 8!

amiphist

Joined: 15 May 2005
Posts: 75

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:41 pm Post subject:
It wouldn't make much odds anyway! And in my book the 9 looked like a 4

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Wed May 18, 05 8:57 pm Post subject:
Amiphist, if he keeps harping on, mentioning the Peruvian asparagus incident often helps. Well, we've not tired of it, yet Even class stars can make mistakes

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