5 out of 4 people have trouble with fractions....

[Boyd]

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I was HOPING a few others would see that also....I was lurking.

Refer to "Arrested Intelligence" and ask the question, "What country does the Queen Of England Rule?"

I know that the answer is supposed to be England and it is supposed to be funny because of the word England in the phrase. But the Queen of England doesn't actually rule, does she? She is a figure head. Technically, she doesn't rule anything. Right?

See, that it why those kind of jokes don't work with me. I take them all too literally. And 5 out of 4 is a mixed fraction. 5/4 = 1 1/4. I understand of course that there can not be five out of four people. But whenever my neighbor's son wears a shirt with this same slogan, people laugh and say that 5 out of 4 is not a fraction so that is why it is funny. Um it is funny cause you can't get five people out of four, not because 5/4 isn't a fraction

Really, I have been with him when someone said that.

I flipped it into a percentage. 125% of people can't do fractions...... well I knew it was a play at words.

I do think that the way they are teaching math has radically changed though.

 

[pringle]

UHhhhhhhh I hate 8th grade!Most time while the teacher is teaching im thinking of happy thing and fall asleep,thats only in math the social studies teach MR.cullin scares the crud outa me hes like 6ft 8 in.just had a math quiz today too probably got a D- on it or somthin to busy paintballing,raising my animals,shooting evil dogs with my bb gun,yard work with my nieghbors ect...Oh and im getting baby mallards and a pekin this 28th!But atleast I get to hang out with my friends in school

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

Depends on the math...

Now who wants to help me with my chemistry?

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I am currently an accounting major, and I still hate the word problems!! I was soooooo glad when I finished my last algebra class

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Just kidding. Can you teach my kids? LOL

High school algebra is easy compared to college algebra....now THAT'S hard!!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Chemistry was one of my best classes in high school (that and French

), but it has been many, many years since I did it!

 

[karl lutz]

I was trying to teach a young guy how to read a tape measure and he just could not get it. Brain storm! I asked him when you buy pot how do you get it 1/2 or
1/4 he said 1/8 or 1/16 Isaw the lights go on and when he associated it with something he was familiar with he got it.Most people would get it if they realised that a quarter is the same fraction of a dollar as 1/4 a dime is one tenth and so on. They just need a way to relate to it. Oh yeh the kid ,now man is doing ten years for meth now! but he can read a tape!

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Chemistry was one of my best classes in high school (that and French

), but it has been many, many years since I did it!

I can't remember my HS chemistry and I think thats 1/2 the problem! <--- Oh look, a fraction!

 

[cmjust0]

One example of why math is important...

We had a little goat get pretty ill once, and I decided he's benefit from a certain medication that a buddy of mine happened to have on hand.. The buddy got it from a vet who pre-diluted 10:1 with sterile water -- this stuff's stout.. The bottle said it was 100mg/ml at full strength, so I knew diluting it 10:1 made it 10mg/ml.. The dosage was 5mg/100kg of bodyweight.. Factor that down and you're looking at 1mg/20kg of bodyweight.. This guy was about 50lbs, and it's 2.2lb/kg, so he's just a hair over 20kg.. So, he needed 1mg.. Since it was 10mg/ml, I knew he needed just 1/10th of 1ml.

My buddy just handed me the vial with this look like "...

..." and I drew 1/10th of one ml up into a very, very small syringe. Drove it back to my place, shot the little goat in the neck with it, and hoped I hadn't carried any extra zeroes or anything in any of the numerous conversions..

Within just a few seconds, he was literally drooling and proceeded to walk around like a happy little drunkard for about an hour, which was precisely what I'd hoped for.. Had I been off by even just a teeny tiny little bit, he'd have been dead as a hammer.

That's why math is important.

 

[Julie08]

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Math is my weak spot and I caught it.

I'm pretty good at math but thats pretty great 5 out of 4