Casting Out Nines

To say that Arithmetic was not my long shot would be an understatement. Whether I missed so many classes due to Bronchitis in childhood or later Menstrual horrors, or whether “I was behind the door when the brains were passed out” would be debatable.

I do remember that ‘Casting Out Nines’ was taught in grammar school, and I learned it before I moved to Pacific Beach, so I’d say I was in fourth or fifth grade...which would make it about 1937 or 1938.

Calculators, Abacus ... anyone?Casting Out Nines, Circa 1938, is great story written by Thelly, detailing another way to check your math.