> I just can't do math in my head. Travholt was
telling us how he "stuck" a number in a certain
place mentally while solving a problem--
> my numbers won't stick. When I go back to get
them, they are gone, and then I have to start
over again. How do you train numbers to stick?*
> Do you just keep having to remind yourself
what they are?--if so, and you are constantly
having to check back on them to make sure
they're still there, how do you manage to move
ahead with the rest of the problem? I realize
this sounds pretty pathetic to you math majors
out there, but, hey, this is how the other half
lives.

Yeah, it does. ;-) Actually, I have sticky
numbers too. Normally there's not much thinking
about the sticking, they're just there. I guess
if you do the calculations fast enough it's
easier to hold it there.

Wes - "When I was in kindergarden I would ask my
parents to give me numbers and I would multiply
them to impress their friends. I think 23*23
was as high as I got before 2nd grade though."