The Finger: Amaze And Astound With Multiplication!

Monday, November 30, 2009 - 06:14 in Health & Medicine

Have trouble multiplying the numbers six through ten? Looking for an abstruse way to accomplish this task that is likely much more difficult than passing yourself off as a third-grade student for the relevant couple of weeks needed to relearn basic multiplication skills? Read on, dear geek, read on… 1. Assign the following numbers to your fingers: thumb=10; index finger=9; the bird=8; ring finger=7; pinky=6. 2. Place your hands palm-up in front of you, as if you were a Rockbiter wondering why your powerful hands failed to keep the world of Fantasia from slipping into The Nothing. 3. Choose a problem using the numbers 6-through-10, for example, 8x9. read more

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