Just a quick one to get the brain working.. This is a Maths problem given to a Year 7 student.
If Y, O, and U all represent numerical values, solve
YOU
YOU
+ YOU
UUU
YOU= ?
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Just a quick one to get the brain working.. This is a Maths problem given to a Year 7 student.
If Y, O, and U all represent numerical values, solve
YOU
YOU
+ YOU
UUU
YOU= ?
Not being a mathmetician I thought I'd give the woodies answer to your problem;
y = yellow sawdust
o = orange shavings
u = undersize bits
which is a great big mess :D
probably a better answer than the real one, still no takers though? must be to early to think?
185 in 60 seconds:cool:
y = x^2" provided "abs(x) < 1" or "y = x^3" provided "x >= 1" or "y = 1" provided "x <= -1" ???
Is this a graph?
Edit..forgot the " on the final
The problem is the question.
Does it mean YOU+YOU+YOU=UUU???
3YOU = U cubed?
Greg
Does it mean that 3 ewes = triplets?
Greg
Bob, Iain and Greg. Yes you, you and you. :D
We are trying to solve a maths problem for a year 7 student here. Let get serious.:cool:
Why don't they just say what they mean? If the letters are supposed to correspond to numbers, why don't they just use numbers in the first place? Makes more sense to me. Stoopid teachers!!
:D
BL,
Get back in yer Shed!
lol. maths is fun, and helps you measure, cut, oops measure again recut...........
was just a simple question with 185 the answer, no tricks and Wongo wins...........
maths applies to woodies, but how does algebra apply?
"YOU" = whatever you want and UUU = three times that. If you want to know what "Y", "O" and "U" each represent, I'll get back to you...Quote:
Originally Posted by bennylaird
U = 5
O = 8
Y = 1
Well there you go. Draft a response then take the squids to school, when you get back it's all over.
Woodies make nice projects
women are attracted to men who are good with their hands
women cant stand to see them enjoying life
women marry men
kids are born
kids go to school
kids get homework
woodies have to help?
So what is the value of Y E S ????:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wongo
When I was in whatever class matches year 7, we wrote our sums:
YOU
YOO
HOO +
YES
No wonder I was confused
Now, is there an answer to the above?
Greg
No, there is no answer for it. Look at the third digits. Y + Y + H can never be equal to Y without carrying onto the next digit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg Ward
And we usually put the plus sign on the left Greg. :D
What is the result if we use jarrah instead of pine? :D :D :D :D
Typical!!!!!.
Now the teachers have poor year seven students even placing their maths signs on the left.
Where will it end.
Wongo, you're showing your age.
In my days, everything was done on the right, we didn't even cater for those writing with a left hand.
Apparently left handed individuals are good at chess and handy in bed.
But I still like the + signs on the right. It's much tidier.
Greg
PS. Naturally you're correct regarding the sum.
That’s interesting Greg. I didn’t go to (primary) school in Australia. From where I come from we are always taught to have the signs on the left. Maybe it is different here.
Sorry for shooting you too quick.:D
was left in my time at school too?
but that was a long time ago.
They now do algebra in year 5 in NSW. And it's called algebra. The only difference to the way we used to do it; instead of saying 3a = 9, they now say 3X [ ] = 9. Where the [ ] is a box but I can't do one on this site.
Carry Pine
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by bennylaird
Possibly
Yes
Not necessarily
No chance. Phtoooey
N/A
N/A
No chance
:D :D :D
I went to kayefsee last week, drove in got my order $7.25, gave the kid $20 then grabbed 25 cents from the floor of the commadore, by then he had totaled the 20 on the till for the change, then:eek: he was totaly stumped how to work out the change in his head because it wasnt on the screen. i had to explain because i gave him 25 cents he just had to give me $13 and he still couldnt get it and ended up giving me $13.75 back:eek: what do the teach them these days:rolleyes: