[dblshot]

If you can't do A2 + B2 = C2 you are not a functional human being. I tried to teach that to a couple of carpenters! I gave up and I am a pretty good teacher. LOL. Had a guy in our shop that keep "losing" rulers. Found out he he couldn't read fractions so just marked the ruler, evidentially had too many marks to tell them apart so needed a new ruler.

[ladyjane]

You would be shocked at the number of college and graduate students who don’t understand decimals. If you give them 2.1 and 2.01 and ask them which is larger they don’t know. Many say that with decimals everything to the right of the decimal works backwards.