James: One hundred is like tenty. Like it’s the 10 they put a zero on it so it’s tenty. But they thought that sounded weird so they called it one hundred. It’s the same with the one-tys. They are the teens. But they thought one-ty sounded weird too so they did the teens. Did you ever know that when you were 7?
Kristi: Uh, I don’t really think about numbers a lot.
James: I LOVE writing my numbers.
James: Negative infinity is the lowest negative and negative zero is the highest. Oh!, if you subtract a negative number then it will get bigger.
Kristi: thinking…(WHAT????? Where do these concepts come from??)
James: So one minus one is two. (meaning negative one).
Kristi: I’m really impressed that you figured that out. Where do you come up with these things?
James: I just love thinking about numbers. I’ve been thinking about negatives a lot lately.
Monday, November 29, 2010
James Inherited the Math Brains
Posted by Texas Harveys at 7:54 PM
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WOW. I had to think hard to keep up with that! My math brain died in May 2000 when I finished my last math class ever. :)
Crazy. I remember hearing about "negative numbers" in elementary school and being afraid I'd never figure them out.
Holy smokes.
Oh I love him!
That's awesome. Taylor must be proud.
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