The Importance of Being Bigger
One fine summers day , 3 was walking down the street with her brothers 5 and 7 .
Suddenly the malicious face of 12 appeared .
"Hey, you common lot," he grinned .
"Leave us alone 12," 7 squeaked , trying not to be scared by such a big number.
" You know what you are ? You are a garden variety number!" 12 responded with a laugh .
"No we are NOT ," 3 piped ,"We are more special than YOU anyway!" "You ! Why you don't even have a tens column," 12 smirked before slipping away .7 , 5 and 3 tried not to be to depressed but they couldn't help it .
"At least we are visiting Granny and Grandpa next ," 5 consoled .
After arriving at their grandparents house , they explained the situation to Granny Multi (short for multiplication ) , Grandpa Addy (addition) and Neighbor Bracky (brackets) who was staying for tea . Granny Multi tried to convince 7,5 and 3 how they were incredibly special, being three of the very rare prime numbers however they remainder sad and depressed .
One fine summers day , 3 was walking down the street with her brothers 5 and 7 .
Suddenly the malicious face of 12 appeared .
"Hey, you common lot," he grinned .
"Leave us alone 12," 7 squeaked , trying not to be scared by such a big number.
" You know what you are ? You are a garden variety number!" 12 responded with a laugh .
"No we are NOT ," 3 piped ,"We are more special than YOU anyway!" "You ! Why you don't even have a tens column," 12 smirked before slipping away .7 , 5 and 3 tried not to be to depressed but they couldn't help it .
"At least we are visiting Granny and Grandpa next ," 5 consoled .
After arriving at their grandparents house , they explained the situation to Granny Multi (short for multiplication ) , Grandpa Addy (addition) and Neighbor Bracky (brackets) who was staying for tea . Granny Multi tried to convince 7,5 and 3 how they were incredibly special, being three of the very rare prime numbers however they remainder sad and depressed .
"Why not do some number magic to make them bigger." Neighbor Bracky suggested .
" Good idea , " Grandpa Addy commented " Let's do it !" So Grandpa Addy sat down in a circle with Granny Multi and neighbor Bracky . They each end took a little bit of powder out of their bright colored bags and began to chant .
When they finished 7 , 5 and 3 looked up to find they had become one huge number , 36 ! With the adults magic they had made the calculation 3 x (7 + 5) to equal that huge 36 . Now they had a whole tens column and were 3 times the size of 12! They were a big number, never to be teased again and they were incredibly proud of their achievement .
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