At 10:57 AM 2/26/98 EST, Mel Evans wrote:
>On 23 Feb, jhobbs wrote:
>
>/Date:    Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:08:04 -0000
>/From:    jhobbs <jhobbs@QUIKNET.COM>
>/Subject: divide by 3
>/
>/I once knew a fast trick for divide by 3, but now I am unable to reproduce
>/it.  If someone can share it with me (and others) that would be great.
>/
>/Take care -Jim
>
>Jim --
>    Simple.  To multiply by 3, double and add to original.  To divide by 3,
>just do the inverse!
>-- Mel Evans
>
ROTFLMAO!  Excellent!  Best joke I've heard in a while!

 - Rick "Math geek" Dickinson

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