I don’t think I’ve ever been that bored February 23, 2013
Posted by mareserinitatis in math, younger son.Tags: math, younger son
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Me: “Was this something your teacher had you do?”
Younger son: “No, I was just bored with reading.”
I counted…they both appear to be correct.
Counting in sets of threes, that wouldn’t take too long :)
When I’m bored I generally double 2 repeatedly 2 4 8 16… 512 1024
Certainly it’s faster, but, in some cases, you’re approximation will only be order of magnitude.