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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashore View Post
    or -10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashore View Post
    or -10
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    Minus 10

    How do you do this physically to proove.

    i.e. how can you lay down minus ten pieces and then carry on the clculation?
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    do the calculation with any other minus number and the end result will be 7.
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    Quote Originally Posted by echnidna View Post
    do the calculation with any other minus number and the end result will be 7.

    Bob I mean to have physcially have minus ten pieces or any other minus number of pieces, and then to display it not in an oral or verbal manner.
    Last edited by jow104; 11th January 2008 at 08:55 PM. Reason: typo
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    Don't you have the concept of bills in England?

    I think 'tis time for me to emigrate...
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

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    you write out 10 iou's.
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    ious are not allowed at this establishment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    and then to display it not in an oral or verbal manner.
    Can I relate it to you this way

    Measure a length of Timber.
    Starting half way along, let this be your Reference point;
    otherwise known as Zero (Point).

    What ever is one side is +ve,
    on the other side is -ve.

    How far from it is the size of the number, depending what unites you measure in.

    Move the reference point [ZERO]

    and you change the size of the number which are +ve,
    Ditto -ve


    Far from the ideal way to explain
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    Ivan,that is a bit like ious.

    And I cant seem to grip it in my hand (the minus bits)
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    A little calculator to help you try different numbers

    http://www.blocklayer.com/jow104-7.htm


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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    Ivan,that is a bit like ious.

    And I cant seem to grip it in my hand (the minus bits)
    Well!!
    What have you got in your Hand

    And what have you got in you head?.........

    Sorry...couldn't resist,
    though shouldn't have.

    I find maths Interesting and somewhat easyISH
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    Blocklayer, that was a good post and link.
    Tell us please how you made that calculator.

    Ivan, I was thinking along the lines of the Dimbleby science lectures that the British BBC does at Xmas time, they do practical/physical illustrations.
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    Thank you BlockLayer,
    You saved my Hide.

    Nice find

    Ta.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jow104 View Post
    Blocklayer, that was a good post and link.
    Tell us please how you made that calculator.
    I just typed it up in notepad when I saw your post.
    Its not that difficult.
    Just view the source of the page and it should be pretty evident how it works

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