Great lesson! Can’t wait ’til multiplication and division. Will we get to exponentiation and logarithms too, kana kana ne?

Maths?! Well, I never was too good in maths
Great as always!

面白かったなぁ
特にきよしさんの声は最高に面白いです。（笑）
前回の逆転ですね。

That was great, especially kiyoshi-san’s voice. xD
Todays lesson is the reverse of last time right.

ちょっと質問がありますが、「人々にはとくいのもにがてのもあります」という事を示すことわざは何でしょうか。
I have a bit of a question, what is the phrase/proverb to express “people have things they are good at and things they are bad at”?

ありがとうございます
thanks ^^

二分の一足す三分の一は六分の五でございます。

If math isn’t your strongest area, then you might find these items of use:

計算機 (けいさんき)：calculator
スライド・ルール：slide rule
計算尺 (けいさんじゃく)：slide rule
コンパス：compass
そろばん：abacus

And no, I’m not joking when I say abacus. Some Japanese people, particularly older generations, still use them regularly today (and by “older” I mean grandparents). Here’s an example of a schoolgirl using one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss0qcaCjx80 . But if you’d like to try it out yourself, visit this site: http://www.soroban.com/index_eng.html .

And aren’t you glad that you’re not in this math class? http://youtube.com/watch?v=iGrYSFQiPwc

さすが bakanekoさん、よくできました。

ミシェルさん、How about a nice set of 4 figure log tables to go with that lot.

対数表 (taisuuhyou) is log tables
4桁対数表 (4 keta taisuuhyou) is 4 figure log tables
(I think that 4桁位対数表 (4 keta kurai taisuuhyou) also works, although I’m struggling with the dictionary a bit now)

I’m not sure if I can fully remember how to use log tables now, especially the bit with negative numbers where you have a negative mantissa, where you draw a ‘bar’ over the top, and a positive fractional part. Sliderules are just logs on a ruler. If you can use log tables a slide rule is no problem.

ミシェルさん,
Actually, I know several elementary school kids who take private abacus lessons. And most of the junior high school kids I’ve asked say that they know how to use one.

…whereas, I’m not sure I’d have even recognized an abacus before I learned the Japanese word.

ありがとう！このかいわはいいですよ。the newbie lessons are fabulous refreshers! ^____^ Ｍａｔｈはたのしいですよ。

*Stops Dancing* That video just cut my inspiration!
*leaves* S_R_C

*returns*

Koren-san

It’s good to know that you like our environment!

Keep it up! I also hope to past the newbie level soon too! S_R_C

I decided to become a member. Thank you for your hard work!

Towards the end of the lesson the teacher says to Tomoko-san
“Mou ?shikoushi? desu ne.”
Translation: Not quite.

Could you explain this for me?

I am not to sure about the first two words:
Mou: It can mean again as is “mouichido onegai shimasu” (Again one time please) - Is that what it means here?
No clue on the second word. Please help!

Hm..lesson 6 seems to be missing..

hey guys, have no fear!
the lesson’s not missing. the number just got skipped!

this is an old lesson and it just happened sometimes. we’ve got checks in place now to avoid the confusion.

marky