I love watching his brain work
While working on a math problem, I asked Emmett to multiply 50 times 6. We've been talking about how multiples of 10 are easier to deal with, so I reminded him that the problem can also be considered 5 tens times 6. He got an "a ha!" look on his face and said "It's 300!" I don't think he knows 5x6 so fast, so I asked him how he'd gotten that. His answer? "There are three 2s in there!"
It took me a few seconds to figure it out, but I'm pretty sure he was doing 50 x 2 to get 100, and then multiplying by three (or adding it up three times, I'm not positive which).
It took me a few seconds to figure it out, but I'm pretty sure he was doing 50 x 2 to get 100, and then multiplying by three (or adding it up three times, I'm not positive which).
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