Sunday, October 23, 2011

Mathemagician

Mummy has been teaching Sammy how to multiply.  He now knows at least the times 2, times 3, times 5, and times 10 tables.

One day…Daddy was washing dishes.  Sammy was standing beside the fridge.

Sammy: Daddy, I already know the times 4 table.  You can test me.

Daddy: Ok, 4 x 4?

Sammy: (looks to one side of the fridge and thinks a couple of seconds) 16!

Daddy: 4 x 7?

Sammy: (looks to one side of the fridge and thinks a couple of seconds) 28!

Daddy: Very good. 

The next day, Daddy discovers there is a multiplication table pasted on the side of the fridge where Sammy was “thinking”

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