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lillypaddle

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4. Must be where I went wrong

Reply to royable (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 07:28 PM

Jan 2021

I did the old fashioned/ old school 8x3, carry the 2, etc. Your way is how my 8 yr old granddaughter does it. But that must be why god gave us calculators.

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I tried to do a simple math problem [View all] lillypaddle Jan 2021 OP

Relax, I can remember my wife's home phone number from 1974 but can't remember her cell number. dem4decades Jan 2021 #1

Thanks, I needed that! lillypaddle Jan 2021 #2

Simple math processes ("tricks"?) I learned as a kid help me. royable Jan 2021 #3

Must be where I went wrong lillypaddle Jan 2021 #4

Oh, I learned the old school method in ... old school. That's what I'd do with pen and paper royable Jan 2021 #6

no offense and that gave me a brain cramp.... I'm stuck in the old school method.. nt mitch96 Jan 2021 #5

git a freeking calculator, ther cheep angstlessk Jan 2021 #7