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[Lindsays Grandma]

Math was my least favorite subject in school, I wouldn't even attempt to answer this one.  Lindsay excels in math, her first grade teacher loved her and said because she is so good with numbers she will be a scientist when she grows up.  I doubt that, but it always amazes me how she can answer some math questions without doing the problem on paper. 

Her dream is to learn how to speak Japanese and eventually go to Japan.  When I asked why,  her response was that the animation and technology they have is superb and she wants to be a part of it.  Ooooookay, whatever.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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My 2nd Grade detailed personality would be the one asking,

What kind of dogs were the small ones?

What kind of dogs were the big ones?

Where was this dog show?

What group were they competing in?

....and all the time the teacher would be patiently telling me,

’ that doesn’t matter with this situation’...and I would continue

asking the ‘backstory’ questions...I just have to know the whole story.

I like details but not analytical details.

I just wanna pet the dogs.

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I would have just written in the space, "Don't care"even in 2nd grade.

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I love it, can you see the teacher's expression when she reads that answer? 

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@sidsmom wrote:

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@KitTkat wrote:

To be even more confusing, what if all the large dogs ate half the sandwiches, leaving the remaining sandwiches for the small dogs. How many sandwiches did the small dogs eat?

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I like the way you think!

What kind of sandwiches?  Hee

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Now that's the confusing part, 1/3 of the sandwiches that the large dogs ate were ham and cheese, while the remaining 2/3 were roast beef. But only 3/5 of the sandwiches that she small dogs ate were roast beef, so now we have to find out the percentage of ham and cheese that the small dogs ate! 

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STOP, my brain can't absorb this. 

[trenet]

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Trenet...thanks for asking.  The big girl is a 13year old golden retriever (rescued at age 7.). The little one is a 7year old terrier mix, rescued at about age about the age of one year while she was walking the streets of East LA, looking for boyfriends!  Imagine the math we would have to do if she had been left to have generations of puppies.

this thread has been hilarious!  So many memories of those obscure math problems.  I mastered most of them back in the day, but I don’t think the train from Chicago meeting the Greyhound Bus from Boston ever made sense.

happy Super Bowl weekend everyone!  Hmmmm.if I Board a Bus at 6p.m. Pacific time tonight from San Diego to Minneapolis, can I be there in time for the big game??

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@Twoaces

A golden and a terrier, 2 of my favourites.  Glad to hear you rescued a streetwalker! (Pretty Woman?)

Yes, the bus will make it to Minneapolis but, don’t expect to enjoy the trip!  

[Yardlie]

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My 2nd Grade detailed personality would be the one asking,

What kind of dogs were the small ones?

What kind of dogs were the big ones?

Where was this dog show?

What group were they competing in?

....and all the time the teacher would be patiently telling me,

’ that doesn’t matter with this situation’...and I would continue

asking the ‘backstory’ questions...I just have to know the whole story.

I like details but not analytical details.

I just wanna pet the dogs.

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@sidsmom ... LOL...so true. I know what you mean by "detailed second grade personality." I would have wanted to know what their names were. Give me the facts first...then I could have concentrated on the problem!

[LTT1]

@Yardlie

This is a fake internet situation.

it is algebra and algebra concepts are not taught in 2nd.

It would be a subtraction problem once re-worded,