Mel Evans wrote; > Simple. To multiply by 3, double and add to original. To divide by 3, > just do the inverse! Morgan Olsson wrote: > Could someone unfold that for a binary math newbie, please? I think what Mel meant is that if you have a number x, and you want to know y, which is 1/3 of x, all you have to do is take x and subtract 2y. Not very useful though. Maybe he meant something else.