Thursday 1 October 2009

A funny story about homework.....

.... well actually, two funny stories about Chatterbox and his maths homework.

The other day, he had to do mental arithmetic and I had to ask him to tell me the answer if he took a number (given by me) from 100. He was good at it, and I think he got them all right, so then Mr Fixit suddenly said, 100 take away 105? Chatterbox just looked at him and said " -5 Grandad. I do know about minus numbers". Not bad for a boy of 7.

Today we had to do something different. He and I had to write down 3 random numbers on separate sheets of paper. Then we had to take it in turns to choose a number between 1 and 6, and the other person had to subtract it from one of their 3 numbers. With me so far? We had to do this 3 times each. Chatterbox knew it was a game, and a game has to have a winner, right? So, after the first time he asked me how you win. I said the winner was someone with one of their final answers ending in the number 1. Purely by accident he had won the first round. We had to have 3 rounds, so what does he do on the next go. He chose 11 as one of his numbers, and did not subtract anything from it, thereby winning again. Clever I thought.

OK, maybe I am biased, but I thought that both of these stories were really funny.

8 comments:

  1. He may be a chatterbox, but he's obviously a smart kid! I bet the comment to Grandad was uttered with great disdain!

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  2. A very bright boy, and a very proud grandma!

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  3. Clever little lad - just like Grandma! I wonder if he will have a career in finance when he is older?

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  4. Yes certainly a clever one there i better start asking him to do my maths when i need it lol
    Hugs Janice

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  5. Someone's a strategic thinking little lad! Planning. I like that!

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  6. Very impressive - a proper little mathematician!

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  7. How cute! Sounds like he's a really smart kid with a bright future.

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  8. I think I liked a) the scornful voice when he told Mr Fixit he did know about minus numbers, and the lateral thinking on the second occasion.

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