Easy Math

Math had been difficult for some of us, but then it is a skill like language where you have to practice at all times.

Math is part of everyday life because everyday, population deal with business, money, and jobs. We can't go away counting, it sharpens the brains.

I have learned to love Math when I was in high school, though I did not excel in it; I got one of the top scores in basic Math and other Math subjects except for Algebra. Math goes with Science and I found Science to be fascinating.

In college/university my parents concept I could be dealing with a field linked to counting. But then, to analyze every catalogue got boring for me. I wasn't fond of recording every detail and solving the problems of a lost centavo. Anyway, I closed the policy and writing still found me. Hooray!

In the later years, I practiced selling and then I have learned how small businesses work. It was a way to augment a housewife's wage and add some money; I have to love numbers; it means profit. Here, I have practiced counting fast without the calculators tallying 10's and 100's in my mind. I discovered I counted faster than the students and other professionals who use the calculator. Although my answers aren't exact, it came right rounded off.

In supermarkets, I all the time tell the checker " Please buzz me at this amount." I saw others computing using gadgets, but maybe they were just so diligent and acting out cool, but they seemed funny. Here's what I do, I don't use any gadget. "I counted in 10's and 100's and that's it." See how you bring basic Math till the day you die!

I remember when the co-teacher of my mother added plate numbers of cars during a "stop." I remember how my cousin Giovanni memorized serial numbers of money in his young age. I remember how my daughter Riza knew telephone numbers and dates by heart when in high school. And how in my mind, I adored my classmates Allan and Luisa play with numbers. All these, were real Math practice in life, that can equal exercises in the books. We can teach this to our young and old population. Practice, and more practice is the answer!

Check this out:

60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day
7 days = 1 week
4 weeks = 1 month
12 months = 1 year
365 days = 1 year
366 days = 1 leap year
10 years = 1 decade
100 years = 1 century
1000 years = 1 millennium

"Meridies" is the Latin word for noon.
Ante means before; Post means after.
From midnight to before noon is morning = ante miridiem = A.M.
12 noon is midday.
From noon to 12 midnight = afternoon = post meridiem = P.M.

Happy counting!

Rosalinda Flores - Martinez
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