March 2, 2007

JARDINS DE L’OUBLI

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THE AGE OF MENTAL ARITHMETIC

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Reciprocal integers were still an unknown quantity to our sixth-grade class the day the school principal Mr Hassell walked in and held up a sixpenny snack pack of Cottee’s sultanas, promising it to the first boy or girl who came to his office and told him what multiplicand of 5/8 resulted in a product of 1. (more…)