Lucian’s Math Lesson

Lucian gathers all of the kids together and Angela hands out fresh cookies to each of them.
“Alright everyone it’s time. I promised your friend that I would teach you all math and I am a man of my word. Lets start with something basic, does everyone know how old they are? There is no better way to show off how well you know math then calculating your own age! Let’s use Peter here as an example. The first step is to subtract the current year by the year you were born. It is currently 610 and Peter was born in 602. 10-2 is 8 and 600-600 is 0 which in total equals 8, but Peter was born in the late Summer so he hasn’t had his birthday yet this year. The next step is if your birthday hasn’t come yet this year you must subtract another 1 from the total. Which means Peter is…. 7 years old! So remember if anyone asks if you know math just explain to them how old you are! Now who wants to learn so more grown up math? If you have 4 gears in sequence the first with 120 teeth, the second with 60 teeth, the third with 70 and the final with 200. If you spin the first gear at 10 RPM how fast does the last one spin? You see when…”

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