I wish I could find a good way to teach students to do this.
What I like about the Lattice Multiplication is that it reinforces the importance of the 0 as a place holder. That's what messed me up on the other method, I didn't put in the 00's, I just wrote down the relevant numbers, so I got my columns misaligned.
I redid the process to double-check my math and got the same result, then I looked at the numbers I got when I multiplied the 1's, 10's, and 100s, and added them together with the relevant 00s. That's when I realized my 100s number was assuming too many 00s.
This may be related to why I can do tech support and others can't, I can break things down into component parts.
M teaches at a state university and all his students submit their papers in hard copy. For, you know, another bit of anecdata.
Man, I forgot how much I love plain old pita bread with hummus and olives for lunch. (Yogurt for protein later.) So good.
I'm curious about Lattice Multiplication now.
Yogurt for protein later.
And calcium. Calcium is important!
I see Allyson reinforcing my theory that if there is a hell, it's the jury pool waiting room.
I want to take a physics class from the husband of one of my friends. He will show a Simpsons clip at the beginning of class and the kids have to identify the real-life physics issues portrayed in it.
I'm going to push my kids harder on math than I did myself. Seriously--actuarial work is an excellent way to make a living.
Hummus has protein!
Only a couple of grams, right?
Only a couple of grams, right?
Depends on how much you eat, I think. But seriously, I thought chickpeas were a really good source of protein. Is that just something I read on the internet?
I would actually prefer to edit things electronically (I've become, by default, the office copyeditor ... yay?), but although I've asked repeatedly - and said I'd turn on track changes so they could see what I was doing (mostly eliminating serial commas) - I still get these beautifully laid out publications. Which I then go through and mark up. No one seems to run spellcheck before laying out the things, either, so I have to watch out for typos. And, since I always get them in color, I have to try to find a pen with a color that will show up. Really - it'd be easier for them if I got the files before layout!
And, speaking of track changes (yes, I was) - got a call from someone who'd purchased a contract document from us (Word file) and they were trying to have several people edit it, with a different color for each. But it kept defaulting to one color. I had to assure her that we had not done anything (on purpose) to make her job harder and that it was probably one of the Mysteries of Microsoft.
I am laboring under the impression that chickpeas are a good source of protein, too, but I may be reading the same internets as Jessica.
Ooh! Jessica! That reminds me, I bought the soap nuts from Lehman's. So far I like them! I thought I could just throw them in the bag, but it turns out for my front-loader I have to make the liquid soap. Which I complained about in my head, but turned out to be totally easy. Only the instructions on the bag say to use "1/4 cup in both the detergent and fabric softener containers." Does that mean, a total of 1/2 cup? Because I haven't been doing that.
