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I have always wondered which way these go, is longitude North/South or East/West? Well here is a nice easy way to remember which one is which. Think of a ladder as it sounds like latitude. The rungs of the ladder are horizontal, going from left to right, or east to west. When you hear latitude [...]

The Knight’s tour is a great feat of mathematics that allow you to move the Knight around a chess board landing on all squares only once. To see just how difficult it is, get out your chess board and try moving the Knight around the chess board in its L shaped motion. Imagine now that [...]

The Knight’s tour is a great feat of mathematics that allow you to move the Knight around a chess board landing on all squares only once. To see just how difficult it is, get out your chess board and try moving the Knight around the chess board in its L shaped motion. Imagine now that [...]

Ever wanted to know how to multiply other than using a calculator? Well we have put together a brilliant trick that is simple to learn and works every time! We are going to use lines to calculate 21 X 32 First we look at the left part of the sum, 21. The first digit, 2 [...]

If you do not want to use a mnemonic (and let’s face it, they aren’t much good if you are unable to recall what the letters stand for), you can link it into a scene using your imagination. When I think of networking I think of my local PC World store. This is the scene [...]

Ever tried to untighten a bolt but just don’t know whether it is too tight or you are actually making it tighter? Well this little phrase should help you: “Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey” So turn it to the left when unscrewing! Turning to the Right makes it tight. Turning it left makes it loose. Related [...]

Ok so I always had a problem with remembering passwords. I was nearly creating a new password a day with all the forums I was signing up to and didnt want to keep using the same password for each forum. So I started using this neat technique which you are about to learn. It is [...]

Being able to memorize a deck of cards can have major advantages on the black jack table. You will see how the journey method comes into practice here too, as well as the 100 people you learnt previous to this section, (the Dominic System). So, first things first. You need to be very familiar with [...]

This is a shortcut to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa. The answer you will get will not be an exact one, but it will give you an idea of the temperature you are looking at. Fahrenheit to Celsius: Take 30 away from the Fahrenheit, then divide the answer by two. This is your [...]

An easy way to make sure you have been given the correct change when in a shop The cost of your items total $3.65 and you hand the shop keeper 10 dollars. All from 9 and the last from ten… Subtract, using the $3.65 the 3 from 9, the 6 from nine and the 5 [...]