Easy As 63 Divided by 9




Flash card with a giraffe tutor illustration.

Found in "Spiffy Henshaw" by Percy Keese Fitzhugh. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, 1929.

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6 comments:

  1. That looks, for all the world, like Geoffrey the Giraffe, Toys R Us' mascot.

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  2. I'll not quibble, but the giraffe looks like a scholar to me. ;o)

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  3. John, I thought the same thing and mentioned it on the Facebook update. For all I know, the card could have come from a Toys R Us set.

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  4. 2 divided by zero is not zero but rather undefined, contrary to what's in the upper corner on the other side of the card.

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  5. @John - I had those exact flash cards, and you are correct, they are/were a Toys-R-Us brand, and that is in fact Geoffrey the Giraffe, circa 1978-83.

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  6. Okay, seriously? Dividing by zero on children's flash cards?! YOU CAN'T DIVIDE BY ZERO!

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