Yeah - Math Genius! Hey, even Bookkeepers (I use Numbers for a Living) can reverse numbers. We do it a lot. That's why we learn the rule of 9 - If things look off by 9 look for a reversed number. And Calculators and Spreadsheets are my friends. Not because I can't do the math - I really am good at numbers - but because Large Collections of them can get muddled and reversed and need correcting. It is easier to correct a spreadsheet, or see the error in the Calculator tape... And especially these days, as the Math teachers learn that there are Many Ways to the Correct Answer, people who have more than one are appreciated. My Father in Law had a Math Degree, and could do vast sums in his head (and would probably be labels Aspergers, if he was in school today). 3 to get you 1 he rarely used the Rote Methods that were taught him in school. Math Geniuses rarely do.
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Date: 2010-06-15 10:08 pm (UTC)Hey, even Bookkeepers (I use Numbers for a Living) can reverse numbers. We do it a lot. That's why we learn the rule of 9 - If things look off by 9 look for a reversed number.
And Calculators and Spreadsheets are my friends. Not because I can't do the math - I really am good at numbers - but because Large Collections of them can get muddled and reversed and need correcting. It is easier to correct a spreadsheet, or see the error in the Calculator tape...
And especially these days, as the Math teachers learn that there are Many Ways to the Correct Answer, people who have more than one are appreciated.
My Father in Law had a Math Degree, and could do vast sums in his head (and would probably be labels Aspergers, if he was in school today). 3 to get you 1 he rarely used the Rote Methods that were taught him in school. Math Geniuses rarely do.