Thanks PC! The boy figured out the number of possible permutations, but got stuck on figuring the actual answer. Will see if I have hint him in the right direct now.
Since the last digits were all the same, E had to be 0 or 5 (...or 1...or 6...okay, I think I got lucky). But I knew any 0 numbers squared wouldn't give me the XHE answer, so I cycled through the X5 squares (well, I think I pretty much went straight to 25 since I knew that square). Anyway, that may help you steer him in the right direction. It was easy for me since I memorized the squares up to 25 in high school for Number Sense competitions, but I don't know if he's as familiar with them.
South Carolina now requires "subversives" to register
Planning to overthrow the US government? If yes, and you live in South Carolina, you must pay a five-dollar subversive registration fee.
The form text is pretty surreal....
Co-worker is now meerkatting me on purpose to disturb me. He's going to get light-headed and fall over, I know it.
Combine that with consultant who called in with questions despite being home with the flu and I feel like a den mother to irresponsible boys. Behave!
South Carolina now requires "subversives" to register
If only they had that form in 1860.
What if senators represented people by income or race, not by state?
The Great Compromise was intended to make sure the big states didn't trample the little guys. But today, with 37 more states on the scene, the little ones wield disproportionate power. "Half of the population of the nation lives in 10 states, which have 20 senators. The other half lives in 40 states that have 80 senators," says the official Senate historian, Donald Ritchie. Small states and states whose representatives might tip the balance on a key vote make out like bandits, as their senators demand outsize appropriations in return for their support. The Nelson fracas was nothing other than the Senate working exactly as it was designed to.
An interesting article speculating on if the Senate was modeled after demographics instead of states.
But stretching out these sore muscles would've been soooooo goooooood. Eating some oatmeal, then wine at the end of the block.
I decided to try a lean cuisine for lunch today instead of a TJs lunch.
SO not a good idea.
We had leftovers from the Superbowl party. Chips and dip with meatballs and pulled pork sandwiches.
