"Multiplication, That's the Name of the Game"

I think they cheated a bit with "6"

 

I think they cheated a lot with the 9 !!!!

 

Whoops!

Yes, I said six, but I meant nine, why should their configuration be any different?

 

That doesn't tie in with wikipedia,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

But its a bit of a coincidence.

I noticed Welsh counting is more similar to Punjabi than English counting.


Un,dau,tri,pedwar,pump In welsh

Ak, Do,Thin, Charr,paanc In Punjabi

Noticed that when reading Topsy & Tim to my niece in london.

 

Whilst we were out shopping today we called in at a material/knitting wool shop as my wife is going to knit a cot blanket for our daughter's expected baby.
The yarn to be used looks like a string of large woolly beads.
The owner of the shop had knitted up a baby's blanket as a sample.
My wife wanted to know how many stitches to cast on. She was told it was double the number of "beads."

The woman started to count up the beads...by placing a finger on each in turn..... one at a time..... (I'd added them up in twos by sight before she was halfway there).

She finally announced that there were 27, and then reached for a naffin' calculator to multiply that by two!

 

When did we go metric? As far as I am aware we are still an Imperial country. So YOU are offline.:gnthb:

 

I've got a better story.

Several years ago we attended the Cheshire Show at Tatton Park which isn't far from us.
They had several craft stalls in the hall including one which was displaying pottery and kitcheneware items. We liked the look of some cups and saucers. These days if you buy a "set" it's usually four...and then you break one...
So we decided we'd have five cups and saucers.

I asked the young woman the price of the items (who later told us she actually owned the little workshop that produced the stock).
She replied that cups and the saucers were each individually priced at £1.50.
So I said we'd have five cups and five saucers.

She reached for a calculator.

I said; "Hang on! Do you really need a calculator to work out ten one pound fifties?"

She thought for a moment, the grinned sheepishly and said; "Christ and I went to university!"