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Strive2Be posted QotD: What, no horses? | 2 days ago
I am a farmer who raise ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have? Submitted by The BlueTie. There has to be something fishy with this question, because it's just a matter of simple math. There is such a thing as "a head of cows"....basically...
FallenA posted I know my math very well | 2 days ago
Finally... the letter came and yes, I got my promotion and a reasonable percentage of wage increase. BUT... considering a pathetic miserable low basic to begin with... and since wage increase is a percentage of THE pathetic miserable LOW BASIC... No matter how reasonable percentage wage increase X...
iRead posted QotD: What, no horses? | 3 days ago
I am a farmer who raise ducks and cows. The animals have a total of 9 heads and 26 feet. How many ducks and cows do I have? Submitted by The BlueTie. Further proof that I really am destined to be a math teacher - I just solved this in my head in about 2 seconds. 5+4 = 9 Assume you have 5 ducks and 4...
Alphabet posted Math | Jul 18, 2008
On the bus this morning, a few high school students were trying to figure out the length of the diagonal of a square. One of them declared that the diagonal was the same as the side of the square (4), because 4^2 + 4^2 = 16... oh, wait, no, it doesn't. I already figured out that the diagonal would...
