The3point14

Well I hate NS now. Maybe next year.

My training consists of drinking a certain amount of milk in an hour for a while, until I don’t feel sick, or cold, after drinking that much.

The first time I tried, I could drink maybe a liter of milk, but then I would start feeling cold, and naucious. I would then drink a little less than a liter in an hour, every day, until I didn’t feel as bad after drinking that much.

I can now drink about 5/8 of a gallon (5 cups).

Good luck everyone, this is a tough goal, but WELL WORTH IT!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Number Sense:

Number Sense is a 10 minute, 80 question MENTAL MATH test. You must write in pen, and any stray markings are not allowed, no erasures either. For each correct answer you recieve 5 points, for each incorrect, you lose 4. So the range of scores are -320-400. 400 being EXTREMELY RARE, but it has been done, I have seen it! A respectable score to place at the STATE meet, would be 250+.

The questions? You are probably thinking something like questions ranging from 124 + 142 to 15×80. NO SIR/MA’AM! The questions, to the untrained eye appear much harder than that. Questions range from 11×305 to ADVANCED Calculus.

But when you practice number sense, you look for patterns, shortcuts, and the easy-way-out. Anyone unfamiliar with number sense may sit and try to figure out 11×305, but knowing a short cut is much easier! What is the shortcut? Well, first you write down the units digit, then from right to left you add two digits at a time and write that down, carrying if necessary, then you write the last digit.

11×305 =

1) write down 5
2) add 5 +0 = 5 write down 5
3) add 3 +0 = 3 write down 3
4) write down 3

answer: 3355

WASNT THAT EASY!!! There are many tricks and shortcuts for a lot of different questions, check out http://www.math-magic.com for some more!