Thread: I need a math expert to back me up....

Before I forget, thanks to everyone who answered in this thread. I know it's not a terribly "magical" subject in the Disney sense. And I can tell you that DH isn't happy that the lawyer was right and the engineer was wrong!

Quote: Originally Posted by graygables There is a reason I got a B.A. in English. It's a four-letter word that starts with an "M"...

Ummm, Pam... negative x negative = positive; neg/neg = positive

OK, funny side story about my B.A. in English...when I went back to college after my divorce, I was informed that the rules had changed and I had to take a math class. I turned an odd shade of green and started to hyperventilate. My oh-so-wise advisor then discovered that "Math Techniques for Elementary Education" was actually a MATH class!!! My final exam was presenting an elementary math concept in a creative way. I taught...

Quote: Originally Posted by PamelaK For those trying to teach the integers for adding and subtracting.... have you tried using two different color "markers." One color for positive, the other color for negatives. I have used that to help kids with the adding/subtracting integers and the kids seem to be able to get it a little easier because it is something more visual. For the multiplication/division rules we just chanted...

Quote: Originally Posted by pflamingo Ummm, Pam... negative x negative = positive; neg/neg = positive Oh! Your right, I was distracted when I was typing that. I apologize. Yes, (-)(-)=+.

I'm glad there are so many smart Passporters here to handle such questions. I must not have paid enough attention in Math in high school.

I forgot all that stuff. And I used to be pretty good in math! I'm glad there are people here who remember it.

It applies to all right triangles but I'm more curious how the discussion got from the Wizard of Oz the Pythagorean Theorem

Eeek. You're bringing back nighmares of high school geometry.