Day with a Difference - April 13, 2006

Today's Inspirational Quote:

Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter

Aesop's fable - The Frogs and the Well

Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up, and they left it to look for another place to live in: forfrogs like damp places if they can get them. By and by they came to a deep well, and one of them looked down into it, and said to theother, "This looks a nice cool place. Let us jump in and settle here." But the other, who had a wiser head on his shoulders, replied, "Not so fast, my friend. Supposing this well dried up like the marsh, how should we get out again?""Look before you leap."

Expand your knowledge base

Squaring a two or three digit number ending in 5.

If you need to square a number (two or three digits) that ends in 5, just use this trick. First, you should know that when any number squared that ends in 5 will always have the last two digits of 25. Then all ya need to do is look at the digits before the 5 and multiply it (them) by the next number higher and put that infront of the 25.
35 squared is 3 times 4 (one higher than 3) or 12 and put that in front of 25. Looks like this... 1225

Have a memorable day!
Priya