 | Richard F. Burton - 1998 - 260 oldal
...there may be some indication of their magnitude in the following text. 1 Putting two and two together Multiplication is vexation. Division is as bad. The rule of three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. Manuscript, 1570. And yet a little arithmetic can sometimes yield important... | |
 | Gordon W. Green - 1999 - 228 oldal
...mastered the subject, and may do poorly on the test. There is an old English saying that goes as follows: Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The rule of three doth puzzle me, And practice drives me mad. By the way, the word "vexation" refers to something that really bothers you.... | |
 | Hilde Lindemann - 2001 - 228 oldal
...Lansing, Michigan ff r Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair i Narrative Repair: Reclaiming Moral Agency Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The rule of three doth puzzle me, And practice drives me mad. —Elizabethan manuscript, 15 70 In the small city of Cranford somewhere in... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 oldal
...as counted at the polls, or for a poll tax). Also from wiggling, earwig (keep it out of your hair!). Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. — Unknown scholar, 1570 ueguh: make a vow. Possibly partly imitative. Gk... | |
 | Steven G. Krantz - 2002 - 270 oldal
...Mathematical induction often arises as the finishing step ... of an inductive research. — George Polya Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The rule of three doth puzzle me, And practice drives me mad. — A Nursery Rhyme There is something in the vanity of logic which addles... | |
 | L.M. Montgomery - 2004 - 408 oldal
...to as the rule of proportion or the golden rule. Harriett's cites an anonymous manuscript of 1570: "Multiplication is vexation,/ Division is as bad./ The rule of three doth puzzle nie,/ And practice drives me mad" (917). Christinas; but just enough snow fell softly in the night... | |
 | Gabriel Vasilescu - 2005 - 738 oldal
...crossaverage noise powers of the equivalent generators. 6 Frequency Domain Noise Analysis of Linear Multiports "Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad" (Elizabethan MS, dated 1570) 6.1 Introduction • Purpose. In this chapter... | |
 | John Durkee - 2006 - 481 oldal
...procedures and specifications associated with your machine and parts (see Chapter 5). ummy unning" Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The 'Rule of Three 'doth puzzle me, and Practice drives me mad. 1S3 Second, "dummy run"184 the operating instructions by using them and the... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2007 - 808 oldal
..."Then I can't marry you, my pretty maid." "Nobody asked you, sir," she said. MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. A THORN I went to the wood and got it; I sat me down to look for it And brought... | |
 | 1923 - 320 oldal
...Mother Goose rhyme: *Reply to a request for advice from a class of young women training for business. "Multiplication is vexation; Division is as bad ; The Rule of Three doth trouble me; And Practice drives me mad!" That described me perfectly as a schoolgirl, and still fits... | |
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Multiplication is vexation ; Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me ; And Practice drives me mad.1 
