This is from a while ago, but I never #pushedsend
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Dad: What’s 152 divided by 8?
Girl: …
Dad: …
Girl: 19!
Dad: Great!
*pause during which I bite my tongue*
Dad: How did you get that?
Girl: I did it 20 times and then I realized it was 8 less.
Girl: But first I tried it times 10 and tried to add up.
Dad: That was kind of a slog though, wasn’t it?
Girl: Yeah–
And then I had to get off of the bus.
The Space Between the Numbers 