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Old 20-11-2006, 05:02 PM   #1
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Default Finally something educational on the internet

I finally found something worth while on the internet while browsing a video site, i came across this.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/multiply

Now i was never overly good at maths, but this is super simple, i just did 5 or so, and didnt get it any wrong.

Have a look

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Old 20-11-2006, 05:17 PM   #2
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Dead clever... good find. My 9yo grandaughter, and me, will love this method
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Old 20-11-2006, 05:37 PM   #3
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Haha, so simple yet so effective!!
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Old 20-11-2006, 06:03 PM   #4
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Damn, thats so clever!
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Old 20-11-2006, 06:11 PM   #5
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easier > http://www.casio-intl.com/calc/portable.html
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Old 20-11-2006, 06:19 PM   #6
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I agree with the last method, nothing can compete with a good calculator.
When in real life are you going to do it by hand?
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Old 20-11-2006, 06:46 PM   #7
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I agree with the last method, nothing can compete with a good calculator.
When in real life are you going to do it by hand?
There is a chance that you may find yourself more than 10 metres away from a calculator or an excel spreadsheet... perish the thought.
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Old 20-11-2006, 06:49 PM   #8
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There is a chance that you may find yourself more than 10 metres away from a calculator or an excel spreadsheet... perish the thought.

Thank god for the calculator function on the mobile phone... now if I can only work out the menus to get there
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I agree with the last method, nothing can compete with a good calculator.
When in real life are you going to do it by hand?
When your helping a 9yo with homework and she says "why do I have to do it in my head when you use a calculator?"
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Old 21-11-2006, 03:57 PM   #10
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and also on some tests and alike you cant use a calculator.

and it'll be good to say to your kids that, we never had a calculator in our mobile phone-hairdryer-bicycle-personal organizer-virtual assistant's back when we were growing up.
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Old 21-11-2006, 04:50 PM   #11
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Not bragging or anything, but I've never needed to resort to a calculator or methods like in the clip.

That said, it is clever
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Old 21-11-2006, 05:13 PM   #12
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I agree with the last method, nothing can compete with a good calculator.
When in real life are you going to do it by hand?
Every time I need to.

I wonder how many times you have been scammed with incorrect change at the pub or where ever because you can't work out the price of 3 beers and 3 rums and how much change from $50?
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Old 21-11-2006, 05:39 PM   #13
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thats clever as.

i cant see it correctly but is he dotting where 2 lines cross ??

wonder how they come up with that.
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Old 21-11-2006, 09:41 PM   #14
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It's similar in theory to how a Chinese abacus works.
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Old 21-11-2006, 09:43 PM   #15
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I,m not sure, but I think thats an old method known as "Napier's Rods".
Learned something similar in primary school , well before calculators existed.
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Every time I need to.

I wonder how many times you have been scammed with incorrect change at the pub or where ever because you can't work out the price of 3 beers and 3 rums and how much change from $50?
If your knocking back 3 beers and and 3 rums, everything would look like $50
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