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re: I am surprised at how many people do not understand basic math.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:08 am to chinhoyang
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:08 am to chinhoyang
5/3 of people don’t understand fractions.
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Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:08 am to tiggerthetooth
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I use to tutor math and you'd be shocked. It's an indictment on our public education system
I agree, if people as stupid as you are trusted as tutors, we're fricked
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:10 am to chinhoyang
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I am surprised at how many people do not understand basic math.
Sorry, I'm too busy hoboing around on freight trains to do those simple calculations.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:11 am to chinhoyang
Percentages are your friend here.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:20 am to mmmmmbeeer
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Nowadays, they ignore that knowledge base and go directly to computational strategies we olds have done in our heads for a long time. Works for us because we have the base knowledge, doesn't work for today's kids because it's just a bunch of gobblygook.
That plus the kids get the strategies confused because they don't understand when to use each one.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:24 am to chinhoyang
NEVER underestimate how dumb the typical American is
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:25 am to chinhoyang
Common Core
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:25 am to Bestbank Tiger
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60% of public school students scored below grade level on math in 2019. To put it into prespective, that's almost half.
There are 3 types of people in this world: Those who can count and those who can't...
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:26 am to chinhoyang
Dude, have you never seen the OT tackle a PEMDAS thread?
Monkeys could do as well as the idiots around here.
Monkeys could do as well as the idiots around here.
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 10:27 am
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:28 am to chinhoyang
I passed two state bar examinations and I seriously do not think I could pass the GED right now. Because math.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:29 am to LSUFanHouston
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Of course I also have a number of attorney clients that don't understand basic math as well, or perhaps they think they can argue it...
Arthur Sterbcow was on WWL one morning and said he's encountered doctors who have no idea how to balance a checkbook.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:30 am to SLafourche07
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Bruh, if he wants 1/160, give him 1/160.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:30 am to Slip Screen
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Percentages are your friend here.
The alternative to fractions is decimals.
You have to carry the decimals out to six places (e.g. .128438). I have had parties get really confused over decimal interests.
I use fractions but switch to using decimals when the interests are very small (e.g. 1/2756).
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:32 am to chinhoyang
I don’t need math. All I need is a mail box, baw.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:35 am to Demshoes
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I passed two state bar examinations and I seriously do not think I could pass the GED right now. Because math.
I aced the LSAT (and taught LSAT classes for Kaplan when I was in law school).
A couple of years ago, I tried to answer some sample LSAT questions. I did not do well. Standardized testing is a young person's game.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:47 am to Traveler
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English system of measurement
What is the English system of measurement? I've heard of the Imperial system, which is used in the US, and the Metric system used most other places.
The Metric system is for people that are too stupid or too lazy to do the math.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:56 am to chinhoyang
Go back and read the comments from posters on the thread about ~1/5 college students expecting to earn $85k out of college. It's prevalent here too.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:59 am to chinhoyang
Send Sam two cakes, one cut into 40 slices and the other cut into 160 slices and ask him which slice he would prefer.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:06 am to Traveler
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And yet, here we are still using the English system of measurement in our everyday functions in life. Should have been completely changed over years ago.
Agreed, we should all go to the Chinese Cun
Measurement system
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 11:07 am
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:07 am to TigerTatorTots
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TigerTatorTots
Didn't you used to have Adriana Lima on your profile pic?
Or did you have that hand drawn deal?
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