Re: Why sci.math?

In article <dftak2$eqs$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
lrudolph@xxxxxxxxx (Lee Rudolph) wrote:

> israel@xxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Israel) writes:
>
> >In article <4321DEAF.A5EBBECA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >Jim Spriggs <jim.sprigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>In the UK at a certain level in junior school (I don't recall the age
> >>precisely) arithmetic was called "sums" even though other arithmetical
> >>operations were studied. I don't don't know if it still is, but from
> >>time to time I come across things like
> >>
> >> The division sum 6/3 = 2.
> >>
> >>It looks odd to me.
> >
> >It looks even to me.
>
> Even to me, it looks odd.

Oddly, to me, it looks even.

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