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[Edwina's Secretary]

I can't do the 9x table at all.

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

[zippy-kat]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

When I was in school, they taught us that you label down 1-9 starting at 2, then label up 0-9,0 starting at 10. I know that's a horrid explanation so...

0x9 = . 0
1x9 = . 9
2x9 = 1 8
3x9 = 2 7
4x9 = 3 6
5x9 = 4 5
6x9 = 5 4
7x9 = 6 3
8x9 = 7 2
9x9 = 8 1
9x10= 9 0

Not as quick as the hand trick but it helps you memorize them!

[dogzr#1]

Ok thought of some more

- I love to wear jewlery, but I hate earings.

- I love to wear jackets/ sweaters and wear them not matter the temperature.

- I am hooked on all sorts of forums. I am part of many, including PT (well duh! that one's obvious)

- I am pretty shy when it comes to meeting someone face-to-face, but on the internet, I'm not shy at all!

- I love taking pictures, but hate to be in them.

- I was a big time tomboy when I was growing up. Never played with dolls, instead played with beanie babies. Constantly got dirty or hurt playing with my brothers.

That's all for now. I'll try to think of more later.

[pitc9]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

Ahh!!! How COOL is that!??! I never knew that!
(yes... I'm sitting here at work doing it)


*I never took any math class beyond General Math (and still managed to graduate high school)
*I have a reading comprehension problem.
(If I read something I won't remember what I read after a few minuets)
*I am a horrible speller and would like a spell check button implanted in my brain
*I've never met my husband’s grandfather and he hasn't seen him in over 15 years and he lives only 20 minuets from us.
*The thing that kept me from taking my own life a year ago was not knowing what would happen to Buddy. (PTS, shelter, rescue...) Because he and my husband still hate each other.
*My mother in law had my husband when she was 16, then got pregnant again 1 month later, then they had another baby 13 years later.
(So my husband is 30 and I have a brother in law that is 29 and another that is 17)
*I was smacked in the face by my father in law (before he was my father in law) one night during a fight when he was drunk, he kept threathing to kill my husband and I was trying to hide him in the basement.
*My husband is a recovering alcoholic and when he was drinking he always had an out of control temper and became verbally abusive during his drunken rages. (JUST like his father!)
*I would love to be a wedding planner
*Nothing burns my a$$ more than "Designer Breeds"
*I would love to move to Alaska.
*My drink of choice at Starbucks is an extra tall, non fat, Carmel Latte.
*I used to have a lot of friends, but only have 1 now that I can really count on.
*When I was planning my wedding my friend appointed herself as my maid of honor and I never stood up for myself and told her that I didn't want her to be. Then she didn't even ask me to be hers for her wedding.
*I have been a bridesmaid 7 times.

Alright... that's enough!!

[slick]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?
Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

[Edwina's Secretary]

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

You need to use BOTH hands Slick....

[GreyhoundGirl]

OK, I tried to do this and got lost....

\I did to at first, now that I get it though.... It's cool.

[GreyhoundGirl]

There's an easier way to do it though.

example: 4x9=

one under four is three.

All numbers in the 9x equal 9.

SO....3+6 ( it has to be 6 so that it equals 9 )

36

It's sorta hard to explain.....

Just take the number, make it one lower, than add what is needed to make it nine.

[pitc9]

There's an easier way to do it though.

example: 4x9=

one under four is three.

All numbers in the 9x equal 9.

SO....3+6 ( it has to be 6 so that it equals 9 )

36

It's sorta hard to explain.....

Just take the number, make it one lower, than add what is needed to make it nine.

HUH???
(reaches for calculator!)

[sumbirdy]

-I'm about 10 pounds overweight
-I love Grays Anatomy
-I hate my sister-in-law
-I'm a little afraid of the dark
-I look tougher than I am
-My dogs are my life
-I have 2 nephews
-I recently turned vegetarian
-I'm 17
-My mom is dieing
Maybe i'll post more later.

[GreyhoundGirl]

-I'm about 10 pounds overweight
-I love Grays Anatomy
-I hate my sister-in-law
-I'm a little afraid of the dark
-I look tougher than I am
-My dogs are my life
-I have 2 nephews
-I recently turned vegetarian
-I'm 17
-My mom is dieing
Maybe i'll post more later.

I wouldn't think that about ANYONE on PT.

[cmayer31]

Karen...did anyone every show you a hand trick for your 9x tables?

Hold your hands out, palms down. Starting from the left...count off how many times 9 you need. For example...3 X 9...count to the third finger. Put that finger down....look at your hands and there will be two fingers..space seven fingers....27. Four times 9....count to the fourth finger, curl it under and you have 3 fingers...space... 6 fingers ....36!

My stepson taught me this!

Wow, I have never seen that! I always had to make the horrible table in school. I'm sitting here at work trying every number x 9!

For some reason I can't caluclate in my head at all. I use my fingers all the time, and for more advanced math I need a calculator. I understand, and can memorize, formulas and how things work, but numbers in my head become a big jumble.

The sad part about not being able to calculate mentally is that I'm an analyst for a living.. so I always have a calculator or note pad if a work question might have a remote chance of being asked.