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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Don’t worry. Most people don’t understand decimals. They don’t know if there is a difference between .11 and .110 or .1100.

I’ve seen people in graduate school who can’t tell you which is larger, .170 or .71. Many of them explain their answers this way: “Everything works backwards to the right of the decimal.”


30 posted on 12/24/2012 6:38:20 AM PST by ladyjane (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: ladyjane; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
When it comes to a measurement, there actually is a difference between the numbers .11 and .110.

A device that reads .11 is precise to the hundredths place. A device that reads .110 is precise to the thousandths place. So a device that reads .110 is, in theory, a better device than one that reads just .11.

42 posted on 12/24/2012 6:58:02 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: ladyjane

You are so right; if there is anything that the American people know less about that politics, it’s decimals AND fractions! Most could never do eighth grade math; even Obama confesses to that failure.


44 posted on 12/24/2012 7:07:06 AM PST by Theodore R. ("Hey, the American people must all be crazy out there!")
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