Hi Daryl,

>> Online Mathematics Textbooks

> I wonder if it includes the QuickDraw McGraw, the Abbott And
> Costello, and the QWK Tagline formulas...

If it did, it would be worth millions :) :)

> 1) 2 and 2 is 22 -- and don't you forget it.
> 2) 13 times 7 = 28.
> 3) 2 + 2 = 5 -- for extremely large values of 2.

:)

> For goodness sake, the newspaper is written on an elementary school
> reading level, if not lower!!

And editing has gone to the dogs in online articles..

> And, if the kids don't have a calculator or their smartphone to use,
> they run out of fingers toes in a hurry!!

> I remember having to learn addition and multiplication tables in

I also had to memorize those tables, and yes, it paid off.  I ALSO remember
those Nuns and their _rulers_ in grade school, just like in "The Blues
Brothers" movie :)  "Learn it or else..." 

> school nearly 50 years ago...and used that when I was head cashier at
> local area Burger King Restaurants nearly 40 years ago. I'll never be as
> good as my late father was, but I can figure up percentages (i.e. for a
> tip at a restaurant). To most of the kids nowdays, their tip would be a
> "cliche'"....such as "keep your powder dry", "plant your corn early",
> etc. -- but a lot of them would probably have no clue as to what those
> mean, either.

Yep, true for some youngsters.  Sad but true.

> The kicker on math was several years ago, when my Mom and Dad were
> shopping in Pine Bluff, about 45 miles southeast of Little Rock. This
> store was selling 3 loaves of bread for a dollar...but my Dad only
> wanted and needed 1 loaf. He could NOT convince either the cashier or
> the manager to let him have it for 33 cents...because they wouldn't sell
> it to him unless he bought 3 for a dollar!!

Wow.. that is insane.

> And, that's as bad as a sign noting "Coca-Cola -- 45 cents each, or 2
> for a dollar"...most want the 2 for a dollar deal instead. You figure it
> out.

Good one :)

Well, my hope in posting that article is that it will be useful to someone
perhaps returning to school, or who just wants to challenge their mind.

Take care,
Janis

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