Who is the quickest?

[Iain]

Bob, Iain and Greg. Yes you, you and you.

So what is the value of Y E S ????

[Greg Ward]

When I was in whatever class matches year 7, we wrote our sums:


YOU
YOO
HOO +
YES

No wonder I was confused

Now, is there an answer to the above?
Greg

[Wongo]

When I was in whatever class matches year 7, we wrote our sums:


YOU
YOO
HOO +
YES

No wonder I was confused

Now, is there an answer to the above?
Greg

No, there is no answer for it. Look at the third digits. Y + Y + H can never be equal to Y without carrying onto the next digit.

And we usually put the plus sign on the left Greg.

[echnidna]

What is the result if we use jarrah instead of pine?

[Greg Ward]

Typical!!!!!.

Now the teachers have poor year seven students even placing their maths signs on the left.

Where will it end.
Wongo, you're showing your age.
In my days, everything was done on the right, we didn't even cater for those writing with a left hand.

Apparently left handed individuals are good at chess and handy in bed.

But I still like the + signs on the right. It's much tidier.

Greg

PS. Naturally you're correct regarding the sum.

[Wongo]

That’s interesting Greg. I didn’t go to (primary) school in Australia. From where I come from we are always taught to have the signs on the left. Maybe it is different here.

Sorry for shooting you too quick.

[bennylaird]

was left in my time at school too?
but that was a long time ago.

[Carry Pine]

They now do algebra in year 5 in NSW. And it's called algebra. The only difference to the way we used to do it; instead of saying 3a = 9, they now say 3X [ ] = 9. Where the [ ] is a box but I can't do one on this site.
Carry Pine

[Auld Bassoon]

Woodies make nice projects
women are attracted to men who are good with their hands
women cant stand to see them enjoying life
women marry men
kids are born
kids go to school
kids get homework
woodies have to help?

Yes
Possibly
Yes
Not necessarily
No chance. Phtoooey
N/A
N/A
No chance

[Lignum]

I went to kayefsee last week, drove in got my order $7.25, gave the kid $20 then grabbed 25 cents from the floor of the commadore, by then he had totaled the 20 on the till for the change, then:eek: he was totaly stumped how to work out the change in his head because it wasnt on the screen. i had to explain because i gave him 25 cents he just had to give me $13 and he still couldnt get it and ended up giving me $13.75 back:eek: what do the teach them these days