Mathemetics

Our sweet CJ is working on fractions.  Yes, apparently first grade means fractions now. While addition never seemed to hold her attention, she loved subtraction especially when they got into double digit subtraction! She has a family history of being math buffs, so watch out!  My concern is that by third grade I'll be lost!

I never took overly advanced math, like calculus, but I did alright in math. I will admit that in college when the story problem kept asking the probability of me pulling a certain color of sock out of the drawer, I felt like it was ridiculous question. 100% is the answer because I'm not color blind and will LOOK as I pull out which ever color of socks I wanted.  I have a dear friend who is a math professor, and she just sighed and said it was a simple way to show a more complex idea. Blah Blah Blah....

Most of the time this was how I felt about the crazy story problems. 


And then there are the equations that will never be solved:

That's right...no matter how many socks are put INTO a dryer, a different, smaller number will come OUT!


Now I have a bit of math challenge for YOU!  It is fun to challenge our brains with something different than our checkbooks!  I will give you the equation, and it is a true equation.  All you have to do is explain it!  Simple right?  I KNOW you can do it!

1x + 1y + 3c = 6f

or

1 + 1 = 6

And I checked with CJ...I got my math right!  ;)  Feel free to leave your answers and comments!