MATH MADE EASY

[KD]

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A recent Italian immigrant comes to New York and wants a job. However, the foreman at the job site won't hire him until he passes a little math
test.

"Here's your first question," the foreman says. "Without using numbers,
represent the number 9." "Without numbers?" the Italian says, "Dat is
easy." And he proceeds to draw three trees.

"What's this?" the boss asks. "Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Italian.

"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the
same rules, but this time the number is 99." The Italian stares into
space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has ust drawn and
makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."

The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to
represent 99?" "Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and
dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99."

"All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number
100" The Italian man stares into space some more, then he picks up the
picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says,
"Ere you go. One hundred."

The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that
represents a hundred!" The Italian leans forward and points to the marks
at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog came along and poop by
each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd,
and dirty tree and a turd, dat make one hundred.

So, when I start?"

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[Dave Fouser]

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