Should have posted this to the -L....also, I'm not following the 'trick
question' claims....

Al Karman
IT Consultant
USFreightways Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Karman, Al
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:23 PM
To: 'Mark Boyd'
Subject: RE: Wildly OT: Simple math question


Mark,

Different subject, similar problem....my 2nd grade daughter was marked wrong
on 2x words on a reading comprehension thing....when we pressed the teacher
(after coming up with the same answers), she responded with apologies....she
let a kid help her mark the papers, and 'there must have been an error of
some kind'.

Al Karman
IT Consultant
USFreightways Inc.
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847.318.9164 x13


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Boyd [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:07 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Wildly OT: Simple math question


This is a simple math question from my 9 year olds homework.  Could someone
with a mathematics background explain the reasoning behind the alleged
correct answer for me? Because I just don't get it.

The question:
        What is the last digit in the number 346?

She answered 6 and so did I.  The correct answer is apparently 3.  Why?
I've already written a note to the teacher requesting an explanation, but I
was hoping someone in the group could come up with something better than
"Because the book says so".

Thanks
Boyd.

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