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Need help with The distance, speed, time stuff?? this is good Dads Silly Triangle Distance= speed x time Speed= distance/time Time= distance/speed Cover the part of the triangle you’re looking for and the equation for it will show! Hope this helps Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 [...]

This is how I remember it Soil is made up of humus, air, water, organisms and minerals so just remember that: hungry aligators wear orange mittens! Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 Converting Kilometres to Miles Converting Kilos to pounds Sign up to our Newsletter Be Notified [...]

Do you know which one means left and which means right? Below are a collection of various ways to remember which is which. Port and starboard are terms used on ships. Imagine a ship coming into a port. There are lights in the water, a red and a green one. The ship is to sail [...]

If you need to learn a formula, and need to rearrange it, the easiest way is just to learn one part of it and use a cross to find out the others. For example, I’ve put an image of the mass = moles * Mr . Then because mass is on the top of a [...]

Memorize with the peg system. Here is a good way to remember 10 things. The peg words that you ‘hang’ the things to remember on rime on the numbers. 1= bun (eating a burger with x between the buns) 2= glue (x is stuck in glue) 3= key (you open a door with key, and [...]

With a little practice, it’s not hard to recall the decimal equivalents of fractions up to 10/11! First, there are 3 you should know already: 1/2 = .5 1/3 = .333… 1/4 = .25 Starting with the thirds, of which you already know one: 1/3 = .333… 2/3 = .666… You also know 2 of [...]

Explain that you can adjust even large numbers quickly, so that they’re evenly divisible by a chosen number from 1-10. First, you ask for a number from 1-10. Then, someone from your audience is asked to create a large random number (about 15-20 digits long). You take a brief glance at the number, make some [...]

Tips for remembering the redox reaction involving electrons: LEO the lion goes GER LEO – Loses electrons, oxidation GER – Gains electrons, reduction Another way: Remembering OIL RIG helps to define the redox reaction. OIL = Oxidation Is Loss RIG = Reduction Is Gain  Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or [...]

A little mnemonic here to help you remember the rankings in the US Military: Be My Little General B = Brigadier General (one star) M = Major General (two stars) L = Lieutenant General (three stars) G = General (four stars) Related Articles: Albert Einstein’s Genius Routine Share your Ideas Stalagtites or Stalagmites Part 2 [...]

Finding the square of a 2-digit number beginning with 1 1. Take a 2-digit number beginning with 1(e.g., 11 to19). [private] 2. Square the second digit (keep the carry if any) 3. Multiply the second digit by 2 and add the carry from step 2(keep the carry from this step if any) 4. The first [...]