Wednesday, 2 September 2009

Calculate...


calculate and show working;
310 x 6 = ?
this was the Saturday question of the century.
you sure se you sabi this method???

on Saturday i went with a friend to get her hair done somewhere in Lagos Island. as i waited for her to dry her hair a lady of about 29 years came over to ask the hair dresser the mathematical question above.
help me see answer o!

100 for 3 places na 300
this 300 for 3 places na 900
another 100 for 3 places na 300
this one 300 for 3 places na also 900
10 for 5 places na 50
10 for 1 place na 10
so we go get 900 + 900 = 1800
50 + 10 = 60
everything na 1,860

they then turned to me and asked "aunty abi?"
i said "yes"
clap for me!
i too much jo!

i guess she too much sha. that journey to solve the question was really testing.

we should thank God for the education we got o!
what would they have done if they had to calculate 33,895.52 x 13?
that one, we for sleep for there.

9 comments:

marilyn said...

LLOOOLLL na wa 4 u ooooooooo,even me wen dey read am don confuse.

Trésor said...

loollll, u just killed me! You should be glad they weren't counting fingers, teeth and toes!

Splash said...

@ marilyn - pls no confuse. :-)
@ Trésor - plus their pikin own sef 7 hair extensions

Fabulo-la said...

ehhh..babes..is that not why calculators were designed?
lol

Anonymous said...

lol omo na wa oh! on top wetin?!

that your own question na die for them oh!

downtheaisle said...

na wa for the workings o!!!!

***first time here.

downtheaisle said...

na wa for the workings o!!!!
olodos....lol!

***first time here.

cerberus said...

LWKMD

Splash said...

Fabu-i guess there was none close by.
Chari- i no bother ask them. lol
DTA- all na method. so far u reach answer ba?;-)
cerberus- don't know aw i controlled myself that day