Teacher, tell the kid to use his brains and stop carrying on.
Took me a minute. I knew that 5 into 25 should be 5, but 5 what? The decimal points threw me (I was thinking of how you figure out where the decimal point ends up when multiplying decimals). So I turned the numbers into fractions, remembering that to divide fractions, you multiply by the reciprocal. I came up with 5, and then saw how that made sense — .25 (25 hundredths) would be 5 times as much as .05 (5 hundredths). So it all made sense.
Mildly amusing cartoon + a brainteaser = a good use of my time.
TStyle78 3 months ago
They don’t.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member 3 months ago
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edmund_graham 3 months ago
Two parts of maths I dislike in one cartoon. At least I know why I never took a job that involved any of this
Kornfield Kounty 3 months ago
Decimals? Fractions? I draw the line at doing graphs.
ddjg 3 months ago
Madness! I agree!
mistercatworks 3 months ago
EDUCATION in SCHOOL? Gee, I’m so tired of this kid.
wildlandwaters 3 months ago
ikr?!
paullp Premium Member 3 months ago
Teacher, tell the kid to use his brains and stop carrying on.
Took me a minute. I knew that 5 into 25 should be 5, but 5 what? The decimal points threw me (I was thinking of how you figure out where the decimal point ends up when multiplying decimals). So I turned the numbers into fractions, remembering that to divide fractions, you multiply by the reciprocal. I came up with 5, and then saw how that made sense — .25 (25 hundredths) would be 5 times as much as .05 (5 hundredths). So it all made sense.
Mildly amusing cartoon + a brainteaser = a good use of my time.
dbrucepm 3 months ago
wait until they add letters
Lumberman 3 months ago
Just do it, Dewey. It’s only the decimal system.