31st Death

[twisted_baroque]

[hope you don't mind some math problems appearing in your journal. it seems someone is writing them down.]

4 - 9 = 5

12 x 3 =

5 + 5 = 10

14 x 6 =

2 x 9 = 11

[there's a pause when Dextera realizes that he is writing in the journal before he scribbles out a note.]

I don't understand some of these. Is it okay if someone helped me?

Comments

;dictated

[petitfours]

❀ I can help! What is it that you don't understand about them? ❀

[Which is like his super nice way of saying, "Wow, how come you don't know how to do simple math?"]

written forever

[twisted_baroque]

[because he's an idiot. but the real answer is a little less simple.]

The x. I tried one but the book says it's wrong. [which is weird because 2 + 9 is 11 but apparently it's not.]

[petitfours]

❀ The "x" means to multiply, silly! Not add! ❀

[Because not knowing the symbols is definitely the only problem here, Hunny]

[twisted_baroque]

'multiply'? [yeah...he doesn't get it.]

[petitfours]

❀ You mean you don't know what multiplication is?! ❀

Dictated

[wilder]

[Sadly he's not surprise of someone struggling with simple Math. He's used to Lloyd]

What do you need help with?

written forever

[twisted_baroque]

I don't understand some of the symbols. They keep meaning different things. [and it's confusing sometimes.]

dictated forever!

[wilder]

That's cause they all mean different things. Which ones are giving you trouble?

[twisted_baroque]

There's the 'x'. And something called 'dividing'.

[wilder]

The "x" is for multiplication! It's what you do when you need to add the same kinds of numbers together a few times!

Dividing is how it sounds. You take a number and...split it up equally!

dictated;

[descendent]

What don't you understand? I'm not the best at math but I don't mind trying to lend a hand.

Written forever

[twisted_baroque]

I don't understand some of the symbols.

Dictated forever

[descendent]

Which ones?

[twisted_baroque]

The 'x". I try adding when the question has it, but the book says it's wrong.

[descendent]

You have to multiply it. The easiest way to do it, if you haven't learnt how to multiply, is to just add it that many times.

[ she switches to written, since speaking isn't going to make this any easier. ]

9 x 2 = 9 + 9.

9 x 4 = 9 + 9 + 9 + 9.

Does that help at all?

Written

[blazing_stag]

12 x 3 = 36

14 x 6 = 84

2 x 9 = 18

Written forever

[twisted_baroque]

[there's a soft sound]

That's the answer?

[blazing_stag]

Yes.

[twisted_baroque]

But 84 seems like a bigger number than it should be.

[blazing_stag]

Trust me. It's not.

/late is late sob

[wishmadeinfire]

_{[Oh good for you Dextera! This is wonderful, teaching yourself. He highly approves.]}

Well, you seem to be fine with addition and subtraction. Think of multiplication as an easier form of addition. Let us try the first one, 12 x 3 -

What 12 x 3 is asking is what is the total of three pairs of 12 or 12 pairs of 3.

it's fine :>

[twisted_baroque]

[Dextera is actually happy he tried to do something on his own. it's never something he would have done back home.]

Like having three things made of twelve parts? [he remembered the Bagged One mentioning something like that during one of her rambles. it stuck in his head because it sounded important.]

<3

[wishmadeinfire]

Sort of, yes.

So, think of it like that. If you have three things made up of twelves parts, how many parts total do you have?

So you can do it this way

12 + 12 + 12 = ?

[twisted_baroque]

[a few scribbles appear on the page as he tries to figure it out.]

38?

[wishmadeinfire]

Hmm, not quite, but almost!

Do it this way -

what is 2 + 2 + 2 in one column and what is 1 + 1+ 1 in the other?

It should read this way

12 +
12 +
12 +
-----
?