What is your age?
Lets see if you can guess someones age using this riddle. First try it yourself.
Make a mental note of your age.
Add 7
Multiply by 4
Divide by 2
Add 5
Subtract 3
Subtract 2
Divide by 2 again
Add 8
Subtract 10
Add 2
Subtract 7
What is your answer?
Answer: The answer will be your age. Try it on someone else. Theyll be shocked!
Moms ‘n Dads
Pocket money is part of childhood. Its fun to have money in hand. But it can also help to try ot a whole lot of math.
Saving a portion of your pocket money is one way. Let the kids figure out how much they can save and calculate interest it could earn.
Younger kids can play counting games. Older ones can actually keep proper accounts right to the last paisa. They can be advised how they can invest part of it and they can calculate on a monthly basis how much their money has increased! Visits to the bank will provide more info about how different kinds of deposits work.
Give them challenges like marking their expenditure on a graph, calculating the percentage of usage and increase, etc. Who knows you may be developing math wizards!
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Marvellour Maths Series
This series of maths books by David L. Stienecker is unique. Unlike other maths activity books that you find in the market which have worksheets with sums and problems to work on, these books offer activities that hone your maths skills. They come with a plethora of 11. The books in the series include Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division and Fractions. The books teach you fun things like Tic Tac Toe, Guess the Number, multiplication codes and much more!
Publisher: Cherry Tree Press LTd
