math and books
Alan & Brenda Leonard
Just for fun, here's what my son figured out today.
We're visiting my in-laws, who have lots of books. We have lots of books,
too, but this house is much bigger than my apartment, and pretty much
wallpapered in books. Tim wanted to know how many books they have.
He decided he'd never count all the books, so he counted all the bookshelves
in the house instead; he found 28. Then, at my suggestion, he picked out a
moderate sized bookshelf, and counted all the books. 150 books. Then I
showed him how to multiply it out on paper (we couldn't find a calculator
right then). It came to 4,208 books.
We concluded that 4,000+ books is probably fair; some of the bookshelves are
smaller, but there are piles of books all over this place that aren't on
bookshelves, so they didn't get counted.
4,000 books. I feel much better about my book buying habit!
brenda
who just mailed her second box of books back to Germany today...
We're visiting my in-laws, who have lots of books. We have lots of books,
too, but this house is much bigger than my apartment, and pretty much
wallpapered in books. Tim wanted to know how many books they have.
He decided he'd never count all the books, so he counted all the bookshelves
in the house instead; he found 28. Then, at my suggestion, he picked out a
moderate sized bookshelf, and counted all the books. 150 books. Then I
showed him how to multiply it out on paper (we couldn't find a calculator
right then). It came to 4,208 books.
We concluded that 4,000+ books is probably fair; some of the bookshelves are
smaller, but there are piles of books all over this place that aren't on
bookshelves, so they didn't get counted.
4,000 books. I feel much better about my book buying habit!
brenda
who just mailed her second box of books back to Germany today...
Crystal
You have 28 full bookshelves? I am so jealous.
Crystal, who has only one, but at least it's overflowing.
Crystal, who has only one, but at least it's overflowing.
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From: Alan & Brenda Leonard
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:23 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] math and books
Just for fun, here's what my son figured out today.
We're visiting my in-laws, who have lots of books. We have lots of books,
too, but this house is much bigger than my apartment, and pretty much
wallpapered in books. Tim wanted to know how many books they have.
He decided he'd never count all the books, so he counted all the bookshelves
in the house instead; he found 28. Then, at my suggestion, he picked out a
moderate sized bookshelf, and counted all the books. 150 books. Then I
showed him how to multiply it out on paper (we couldn't find a calculator
right then). It came to 4,208 books.
We concluded that 4,000+ books is probably fair; some of the bookshelves are
smaller, but there are piles of books all over this place that aren't on
bookshelves, so they didn't get counted.
4,000 books. I feel much better about my book buying habit!
brenda
who just mailed her second box of books back to Germany today...
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Alan & Brenda Leonard
8/3/03 13:14:
around my house. We're at my in-laws right now.
Don't be too jealous; while I enjoy the mysteries that my MIL reads, and Tim
has had fun searching for his father's old children's books, most of the
books around here are either really, really old (and dusty!) or about math.
(FIL is a retired math professor.)
It's the sheer quantity of books that amazes us, not their value to us
personally. I think my in-laws like them, though!
brenda
> You have 28 full bookshelves? I am so jealous.No, *I* have 7 full bookshelves, plus books on most other flat surfaces
>
> Crystal, who has only one, but at least it's overflowing.
around my house. We're at my in-laws right now.
Don't be too jealous; while I enjoy the mysteries that my MIL reads, and Tim
has had fun searching for his father's old children's books, most of the
books around here are either really, really old (and dusty!) or about math.
(FIL is a retired math professor.)
It's the sheer quantity of books that amazes us, not their value to us
personally. I think my in-laws like them, though!
brenda
Crystal
I just love books. I buy old books just because they are old sometimes, not always because of the content. I didn't have much room in my old house, but we just moved here and I have a whole room that I am planning on turning into a library. Of course, right now it only has one bookcase, one writing desk and the computer in it, but my goal is to have a whole wall of bookcases that I can fill up. My grandfather was a teacher, too, so I think that is where I get my love of books from.
Crystal
Crystal
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan & Brenda Leonard
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] math and books
8/3/03 13:14:
> You have 28 full bookshelves? I am so jealous.
>
> Crystal, who has only one, but at least it's overflowing.
No, *I* have 7 full bookshelves, plus books on most other flat surfaces
around my house. We're at my in-laws right now.
Don't be too jealous; while I enjoy the mysteries that my MIL reads, and Tim
has had fun searching for his father's old children's books, most of the
books around here are either really, really old (and dusty!) or about math.
(FIL is a retired math professor.)
It's the sheer quantity of books that amazes us, not their value to us
personally. I think my in-laws like them, though!
brenda
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