and now I run a math bee
Ha! On the day of the first-ever Math Bee, my mom reminded me of a question she used to quiz me with in those halcyon pre-kindgergarten years:
If I gave you 2 apples and then Dad ate 1.
Then Brian gave you a banana.
Dad gave you 2 oranges and ate the banana.
How many apples do you have?
Thanks, Mom! Now I am really good at the SAT. And I've only been preparing since 1982!
If I gave you 2 apples and then Dad ate 1.
Then Brian gave you a banana.
Dad gave you 2 oranges and ate the banana.
How many apples do you have?
Thanks, Mom! Now I am really good at the SAT. And I've only been preparing since 1982!
posted by JenIsFamous at 5/07/2008 12:13:00 PM
2 Comments:
Jen,
Your memory and problem-solving skills were always excellent. The "questions" quickly got longer and more complex. You could always keep track of apples, bananas, oranges and a ever-changing fourth fruit. Instead of a four line problem, you were solving twenty line problems. Your answers were ALWAYS correct.
I once ended a problem with "cookie monster ate your oranges". You looked at me distracted, with a slight smirk and asked why. I said he had gotten tried of cookies. You thought that was funny. Then, I asked you how many bananas you had
left.....and you were still correct. You were always my Wonder Woman.
Love Mom
AN ever-changing, AN ever-changing fourth fruit! This Grammatically Obsessed Comedian's Mom, obviously has far from perfect spelling, grammar and proofreading skills.
I blame it on the fog. It arrived sometime after my 45th birthday and stayed. Some days are foggier than others. Denny Crane has Mad Cow, I have the fog.
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