Sunday, October 18, 2009

New math

Mars is in to maths in a big way. He seems to have a natural flair for it, but it also helps that his parents are both good at maths and his Grandpa is a mathematician who has been tutoring him from an early age.

Lately his favourite trick is to wait until I'm really really tired and then ask me "what's a hundred times a hundred?" Without thinking I invariably answer "a thousand" and then he crows about how he managed to trick me.

Today on the way home from church I overheard this conversation.

"Venus, what's a hundred times a hundred?"

She replied "Two. What's plus equals?"

He thought for a moment and hesitantly offered "Three?"

She giggled and said "No, four!"

I guess Mars doesn't know everything, not yet.

No comments:

Post a Comment