[ladyjane]

Just for more giggles, ask a kid which is smallest

a. .19
b. .090
c. .009
d. .0091

For some strange reason about 20% or more will get it wrong and tell you, “Everything works backwards to the right of the decimal.” Whatever that means.

[bgill]

My kid’s 4th grade Math teacher used @ for the X in multiplication.

[Political Junkie Too]

and tell you, “Everything works backwards to the right of the decimal.” Whatever that means.

That's true when you're working with numbers between 0 and 1. When you multiply them together, you get a smaller number. When you divide one by the other, you get a larger number.

-PJ