http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/08/1-2-10/ A Blog of Musings and Mockery Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:24:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/08/1-2-10/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Sam Olsen Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:32:16 +0000 http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/08/26/1-2-10/#comment-112 That's okay, today I was teaching factors to my sixth graders and I had a student tell me that 9 times 12 is 7. I wanted to clarify and asked him if I took 12 piles of nine books, how many I would have total when I added together all the piles? Again, I got the answer 7. That’s okay, today I was teaching factors to my sixth graders and I had a student tell me that 9 times 12 is 7. I wanted to clarify and asked him if I took 12 piles of nine books, how many I would have total when I added together all the piles? Again, I got the answer 7.

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