Suddenly Wuggie Norple is all about numbers.
Last night he asked,
"What's a million minus a trillion"
I said:
"that's going to be a negative number"
He says
"Wow"
"Would you like me to get out a pencil and paper and show you?"
He looked downright excited at the prospect.
After we clarified that we meant trillion as defined in American parlance,
I showed him how
1,000,000,000,000
-1,000,000
__________________
999,999,000,000
He says,
"No, one million minus a trillion"
Sorry Wuggie
1,000,000
-1,000,000,000,000
__________________
-999,999,000,000
We practiced saying the answer out loud.
Then he runs off to the living room
"Dada, do you want to know an AMAZING math fact?"
Friday, March 7, 2008
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2 comments:
hey wuggie, what's your favorite number? mine is 12.
How about 10 and 20?
love,
Wuggie
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