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fandomhigh2021-12-15 04:17 am
somethingwithturquoise) wrote in fandomhigh2021-12-15 04:17 am
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Math; Wednesday, First Period [12/15].
"Alright, guys," said Summer, as it was time to get class (held in the danger shop classroom sim, because that was never not hilarious, "so this is finally your last class, and I think we can all say that a valiant effort was made." On the part of the students, sure, but mostly on the part of the school and the carousel of teachers they'd all been subjected to. "Normally, this would probably be an exam; there's a test at the back of your textbooks and everything, but I don't think we've made that much improvement since the pop quiz a few weeks back, so we're just going to save everyone the trouble and the paper waste and we're going to play a game instead. It's still, you know, like, a math game, so don't get too excited, but it'll beat taking a test anyway. I hope."
If you'd prefer to take a test right now, Summer was going to judge you so hard.
"Okay, so, the game is called Proof, and here's how you play: there's a stack of cards with various numbers from zero to one hundred here, and you're going to pull out nine of them. From those nine numbers, you get to pick at least four of them, and as many math symbols, like plus or minus or multiply or whatever, as you need. And then you make an equation with two math equations on each side. For example, let's say I use the numbers 2, 6, 11, and 3. And I set up the equation 2 + 6 = 11 - 3. And obviously, the solution to both equations is 8, so whoever shouts out 8 first wins that round. You could also do, I don't know.... 9 x 2 = 25 - 7, and whoever figures it out first should be shouting 18.
"Pretty simple," she hoped, "it's a game made for ten year olds. I think we can manage to challenge ourselves a little bit here. You'll all take turns being the 'dealer' making equations, and we'll just kind of go from there. Any volunteers to go first?"
If you'd prefer to take a test right now, Summer was going to judge you so hard.
"Okay, so, the game is called Proof, and here's how you play: there's a stack of cards with various numbers from zero to one hundred here, and you're going to pull out nine of them. From those nine numbers, you get to pick at least four of them, and as many math symbols, like plus or minus or multiply or whatever, as you need. And then you make an equation with two math equations on each side. For example, let's say I use the numbers 2, 6, 11, and 3. And I set up the equation 2 + 6 = 11 - 3. And obviously, the solution to both equations is 8, so whoever shouts out 8 first wins that round. You could also do, I don't know.... 9 x 2 = 25 - 7, and whoever figures it out first should be shouting 18.
"Pretty simple," she hoped, "it's a game made for ten year olds. I think we can manage to challenge ourselves a little bit here. You'll all take turns being the 'dealer' making equations, and we'll just kind of go from there. Any volunteers to go first?"