W: What's 9 billion +9 billion?
Mom: 18 billion.
W: No it's not. It's 100 billion!
Mom: Yes it is, baby. Ask me what 50 billion +50 billion is.
W: Okay. What's 50 billion + 50 billion?
Mom: 100 billion.
W: (wide eyed and smiling) No it's not! It's One hundred million
billion!
Mom: No, sweetheart. Trust me. It's 100 billion.
W: (squinting and thinking hard) How many fingers do you have?
Mom: Ten, if you count my thumbs.
W: (smarty-pants look) And how many toes do you have?
Mom: Ten.
W: (triumphantly) Then you can't really know, can you!
Mom: 18 billion.
W: No it's not. It's 100 billion!
Mom: Yes it is, baby. Ask me what 50 billion +50 billion is.
W: Okay. What's 50 billion + 50 billion?
Mom: 100 billion.
W: (wide eyed and smiling) No it's not! It's One hundred million
billion!
Mom: No, sweetheart. Trust me. It's 100 billion.
W: (squinting and thinking hard) How many fingers do you have?
Mom: Ten, if you count my thumbs.
W: (smarty-pants look) And how many toes do you have?
Mom: Ten.
W: (triumphantly) Then you can't really know, can you!
1 comment:
Pretty creative W. Maybe a budding math teacher? Grandma
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