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katarzyna
03-29-2009, 10:02 AM
The Ten Commandments of Math

1. Thou shalt not divide by zero.
2. Thou shalt not put other textbooks before thee in math class.
3. Thou shalt show thy work; check thy work and confirm that thy results are reasonable.
4. Remember thy test days and prepare for them wholly.
5. Thou shalt honor the correct order of operations.
6. Thou shalt not do thy math papers in ink.
7. Thou shalt commit the facts of arithmetic to memory.
8. Thou shalt do unto one side of as equation what thou doest to the other.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy original problem; thou shalt copy thy problems accurately and legibly.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s paper, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.

elegantlion
03-29-2009, 11:19 AM
Amen :lol::lol:

I'm showing this to my ds.

Cathy in TX
03-29-2009, 12:25 PM
This is great! Thanks!

Jackie in NE
03-29-2009, 01:11 PM
That's very funny! :lol::lol:

Will share this with my non-mathy dd.....

JenneinAZ
03-29-2009, 03:34 PM
I love this. Thank you!

Karin
03-29-2009, 04:25 PM
Funny! However, in our house, we need to add a few more commandments

Thou shalt not sneak a book of fiction under thy math text

Thou shalt not draw in thy algebra notebook

Thou shalt not sing while doing Algebra if thy siblings are nearby