Last night the boys wanted graham crackers. There was one and a half left in the package.
Mama: Owen, if you can tell me how much of one and a half graham crackers you each get, then you can share them.
Jack (who finds great thrill in beating Owen to the punch-line of a math problem): One-half and one-fourth!
Owen: I was going to say that!
Mama: Owen, do you know how to say that in fourths?
Owen(who finds great thrill in knowing concepts that are over Jack’s head): I do, but I want to say that we get 75% of one cracker.
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