Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
We all have our strengths and weaknesses.
I'm going to have to start explaining to Pete's teachers that he knows Yahtzee math. Avoid asking him to work with numbers greater than six, and he'll be just fine.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Next year, the googolplex
Tonight we tried to explain really big numbers to Pete: millions, billions, trillions, . . . googol.
Carolyn: "And you know what's even bigger than googol?"
Pete: "Googol and one!"
Carolyn: "And googol and two, and googol and three . . ."
Pete: "All the way up to GOOGOL AND FORTY-NINE!"
Carolyn: "And you know what's even bigger than googol?"
Pete: "Googol and one!"
Carolyn: "And googol and two, and googol and three . . ."
Pete: "All the way up to GOOGOL AND FORTY-NINE!"
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