Number Games and Counting Letterboxes
Friday, 22 February 2008 16:11
When he was younger, we would run along and he would guess what the next house number would be. A very good house would have the number clearly displayed on the letterbox, another number near the door, and sometimes even on the gate. Sam would get so excited at these houses. He would jump up and down in glee and yell the numbers at the top of his voice.
Bad houses made him sad. They were the ones without numbers. "What happened to the number, mummy, what happened to the number?' he'd lament. I wished I could go around and tell all those house owners to put their numbers up
So today he surprised me because he said "there's the 7 times 7 house mummy." I was a bit puzzled. I looked over and we were at number 49. Sam's been playing with multiplication and today was the first time I saw him apply it to anything. Then he pointed out the 8 times 11 house (number 88!) across the road.
The next house was number 47, which initially threw both of us. He asked me what times 47 was, and I couldn't think of the answer. Then it hit me. Off course, every number is divisible by itself and one! So then off we went. Number 47 was the 1 times 47 house, and number 45 was 5 times 9 house........
Tomorrow, we are going to find a new suburb to count letterboxes in. I think I'll take him somewhere near the beach. That should be fun.
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