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- souphound
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Yes, well, the Genesis of the question made me Rush to the conclusion we were headed towards a math question.
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Re: 1,047,813
souphound wrote:Yes, well, the Genesis of the question made me Rush to the conclusion we were headed towards a math question.

Okay, how do we know that 1,048,017 is a multiple of 3 without doing the division calculation....?
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frimley_greener wrote:[Alvin Lee] The Whitney Houston of the guitar world.....
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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
By adding the integers that make up the number, we get 21, which is divisible by 3 - therefore the larger number is.
Is that what you had in mind?
Is that what you had in mind?

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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
I think you're right, sir. Except: don't the integers add up to 24 (which is divisible by 3)?
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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
Charlie O. wrote:By adding the integers that make up the number, we get 21, which is divisible by 3 - therefore the larger number is.
Is that what you had in mind?
Exactly Chas
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frimley_greener wrote:[Alvin Lee] The Whitney Houston of the guitar world.....
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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
Yes, 21. I need a drink, perhaps.
There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over
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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
Yes. Now it all adds up!


Footy wrote:Last week, I discovered that the cordless drill I bought about 5 years ago is, in fact, a cordless screwdiver.
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Re: 1,048,017 (inc. math/maths question!)
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Don't you wish you were a prog goon...?
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Over 21,000 views in less than four weeks.
Don't you wish you were a prog goon...?
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frimley_greener wrote:[Alvin Lee] The Whitney Houston of the guitar world.....
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Re: Don't you wish you were a prog goon...?
What's the initiation rite, then?
"When the desert comes, people will be sad; just as Cannery Row was sad when all the pilchards were caught and canned and eaten." - John Steinbeck
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Re: Don't you wish you were a prog goon...?
GoogaMooga wrote:What's the initiation rite, then?
Name the lead vocalist in the band Indian Summer....
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frimley_greener wrote:[Alvin Lee] The Whitney Houston of the guitar world.....
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Re: Don't you wish you were a prog goon...?
Ha ha, I haven't the faintest idea!
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Binary....?
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Binary....?
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frimley_greener wrote:[Alvin Lee] The Whitney Houston of the guitar world.....
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Re: 1,047,813
C wrote:souphound wrote:Yes, well, the Genesis of the question made me Rush to the conclusion we were headed towards a math question.
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Okay, how do we know that 1,048,017 is a multiple of 3 without doing the division calculation....?
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I do this sort of thing with my autistic year 5s.
I kept thinking "swim as far as you can, swim as far as you can".
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C wrote:.
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Binary....?
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Are you using the first digit as a digit, or as a positive/negative signifier?
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