Hey, some people have had traumatic childhood experiences with "new" math!![]()
...go calculate everything in base 8. Don't worry about what the "right" answer to the equation is, as long as you know why it works...
AAAARGH!
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math
In the Algebra preface of his book "Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell," Professor George F. Simmons wrote that the New Math produced students who had "heard of the commutative law, but did not know the multiplication table."
Last edited by NCPatrick; 03-28-2007 at 13:06.
No child left behind.
I can induce the blank stare too, just ask me about how the Excel Macro works. I would be happy to explain it. lol
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