Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit
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Reminds me of the stack of frozen mini pizzas you could get in the 80s.
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Teachers that don't accept an unexpected but true answer are not teaching. The test taker had a correct take, one of the pizzas could be bigger than the other. It was not specified in the question. I am so glad I am out of school
It really seemed like my fellow students lost their interest in math as we went through the grades here in the US.
I still remember a kid in 2nd grade who learned how Roman numerals worked because they were interesting. By grade 6, actively detested math.
Curious.
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I had situations like this at least a few times a year in school.
I usually managed to convince the teacher I was right.And yah this kid is almost certainly ND.
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Ahh, fractions and word problems, the bane of my education (seriously, why do we bother with fractions when decimals are easier to compute and express?)
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i can't fathom this being real, most probably this was made for karma farming or something.
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i can't fathom this being real, most probably this was made for karma farming or something.
Also what teacher uses a green felt tip pen?
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Not true. Marty could have also eaten pizza that was not his.
No, "Marty ate 4/6 of his pizza"
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Ahh, fractions and word problems, the bane of my education (seriously, why do we bother with fractions when decimals are easier to compute and express?)
Man, if you can't understand fractions, you don't actually understand the math, you're just trained to use a formula.
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Man, if you can't understand fractions, you don't actually understand the math, you're just trained to use a formula.
I understand fractions, I simply doubt their utility.
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I understand fractions, I simply doubt their utility.
Saying shit like that implies you don't really get that they are the same thing.
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Ahh, fractions and word problems, the bane of my education (seriously, why do we bother with fractions when decimals are easier to compute and express?)
Imo fractions are way more simple in many cases than decimal numbers. Saying 1/3rd is way more useful than hitting someone with the 0.33333333333333....
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I understand fractions, I simply doubt their utility.
For example, they allow you to write
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1
Which is not possible in decimal
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For example, they allow you to write
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1
Which is not possible in decimal
well, no, it's understood that a third is .333 to infinity, so .333+.333+.333 does equal 1 for any use not requiring precision to the point of it mattering that it was actually .33333335 when measured.
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well, no, it's understood that a third is .333 to infinity, so .333+.333+.333 does equal 1 for any use not requiring precision to the point of it mattering that it was actually .33333335 when measured.
No. You wrote .333
If you want to precisely write to infinity you write 1/3.
actually .33333335
Holy fuck. Where did that 5 come from?
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No. You wrote .333
If you want to precisely write to infinity you write 1/3.
actually .33333335
Holy fuck. Where did that 5 come from?
It came from it not being actually .333 to infinity when measured in the required engineering precision i was talking about. It's literally a "common use" mathematical convention (you clearly are unaware of) that three times .333 is one. Solves a lot of problems due to a failure of the notation.
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It came from it not being actually .333 to infinity when measured in the required engineering precision i was talking about. It's literally a "common use" mathematical convention (you clearly are unaware of) that three times .333 is one. Solves a lot of problems due to a failure of the notation.
3 times 0.333 is 0.999 not 1.
Saying it equals 1 may be a common engineering convention, but it is mathematically incorrect.
There is no failure of notation if fractions are used, which is why I gave this example of usefulness.
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3 times 0.333 is 0.999 not 1.
Saying it equals 1 may be a common engineering convention, but it is mathematically incorrect.
There is no failure of notation if fractions are used, which is why I gave this example of usefulness.
You knows when a person informs you of a convention people use to solve a problem created by notation, you could just fucking learn instead of arguing stupidity.
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You knows when a person informs you of a convention people use to solve a problem created by notation, you could just fucking learn instead of arguing stupidity.
Your chosen notation solves nothing. Try Representing 3227/555 using 4 trailing dots.
I started here by showing how fractions are useful.
You are the ignorant aggressor, trying to fight centuries of mathematicians by claiming decimals are always better.
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Your chosen notation solves nothing. Try Representing 3227/555 using 4 trailing dots.
I started here by showing how fractions are useful.
You are the ignorant aggressor, trying to fight centuries of mathematicians by claiming decimals are always better.
do...do you even know where you are right now?
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do...do you even know where you are right now?
Same place as you, doing the same thing.
