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The danger of not understanding math

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holy-cow
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Posted : February 14, 2025 11:26 am
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ozzy84
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I request Jodie, to figure my Tax Refund this year.

 
Posted : February 14, 2025 11:30 am
bill93
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@ozzy84 

Jodie would probably be figuring your tax with this math, not your refund.

 
Posted : February 14, 2025 2:42 pm
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GaryG
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2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2.

 
Posted : February 14, 2025 6:06 pm
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mathteacher
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But if Ireland invaded Antartica, each penguin would have to fight off only something less than 1/3 million Irish persons. Understanding fractions is also important.

 
Posted : February 15, 2025 9:35 am
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GaryG
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Posted by: @mathteacher

Understanding fractions is also important.

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Posted : February 15, 2025 3:05 pm
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bill93
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Posted : February 15, 2025 6:48 pm
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jitterboogie
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@mathteacher 

i love that one, and this one slightly more:

 

4/3 of all people have trouble with fractions.

 

Been tough to find time to get back into the discussions here, I'll work on that.

 
Posted : April 9, 2025 11:31 am
GaryG
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You all might like this guy? He has some awesome videos.

 
Posted : April 9, 2025 2:35 pm
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Posted : April 9, 2025 5:11 pm
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GaryG
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Taxes?

 
Posted : April 9, 2025 5:16 pm
peter-lothian
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Remember the Pentium chip flaw of 1994?

 

https://www.netjeff.com/humor/item.cgi?file=PentiumJokes

 
Posted : April 10, 2025 6:45 am
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