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Ok, first let me say that kidding time is NOT the time to try to teach fractions. Last night I was up with something stealing chickens, dogs barking & coyotes trying to get into the pen with the goats. This morning I had dogs escaping, goats going into labor and children with severe cases of spring fever. My dd brought me her math book...
"Mom, can you help me with this problem?"
I read, "Joe got his paycheck. He gave his wife 2/7 of the money for groceries. He spent 3/5 of the remainder . He had $300 left. How much did he have at first?"
Ok, I did say I was up all night off & on, right???? I could NOT figure it out. I did figure it out eventually (while out in the barn yard settling the goat), but right that second, nope. So, I asked her to let me think how best to explain it and started changing to go figure out the barn stuff.
About 5 minutes later the phone rang. They said it was Kari, my 12 yo neice for Megan, dd with the math problem. I was on my way out the door to find out why the goat who is penned as she is due to deliver TODAY is screaming, when I see my dd is working on her math with the phone to her ear. "What are you doing?" I asked. "She's helping me figure out my math," said Megan. "WHAT????" I know this neice, she hates math, is not good at math & it makes me shuddar to think of what they would come up with. I yelled, STOP! NO!!!! Goat screams, dog barks, kids yell. I grabbed the phone, & say, "Honey, I will help Megan as soon as I am back in, you two will only confuse each other." "Why we are almost done with the problem, do you want me to explain it to you, too?" said the voice of my college educated, RN, double degree, one in education. married to a mathematician PHd sister. It was not my neice, it was my sister, who explained it to my dd, while I went to settle the barnyard.
I have got to get some sleep or keep dsis on call for the rest of fractions!!!
Joyfully,
Cheryl
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