conversation with my son
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10 pm. I'm sitting reading the paper. Patrick (11- always unschooled) comes
into the room and sits beside me.
Patrick: So, say you had a job and you made $100 but they were only going to
give you 1/3 of it, would they give you $33 or $34?
Me: Um.... excuse me?
Patrick: Would they round it up to 34 or down to 33?
Me: Um, why would they round it either way? That would depend on what your
contract said, I guess. Um... why would they give you only 1/3?
Patrick: I don't know, maybe taxes or something. I just got thinking...
Me: Okay. Um... what are you thinking that 1/3 of 100 is?
Patrick: 33 point 333333333 and so on...
Me: oh
I keep thinking I should follow this up with something....
Deborah in IL
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into the room and sits beside me.
Patrick: So, say you had a job and you made $100 but they were only going to
give you 1/3 of it, would they give you $33 or $34?
Me: Um.... excuse me?
Patrick: Would they round it up to 34 or down to 33?
Me: Um, why would they round it either way? That would depend on what your
contract said, I guess. Um... why would they give you only 1/3?
Patrick: I don't know, maybe taxes or something. I just got thinking...
Me: Okay. Um... what are you thinking that 1/3 of 100 is?
Patrick: 33 point 333333333 and so on...
Me: oh
I keep thinking I should follow this up with something....
Deborah in IL
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--- DACunefare@... wrote:
the nearest dollar. So he would get a check for
$33.34.
--Susan in VA
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>Most businesses would round to the nearest penny, not
> Patrick: I don't know, maybe taxes or something. I
> just got thinking...
>
> Me: Okay. Um... what are you thinking that 1/3 of
> 100 is?
>
> Patrick: 33 point 333333333 and so on...
>
> Me: oh
>
> I keep thinking I should follow this up with
> something....
>
> Deborah in IL
the nearest dollar. So he would get a check for
$33.34.
>=====
>
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> removed]
>
>
--Susan in VA
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Deborah
that is SO cool! As for following it up, I'd ask "So, are you still
mulling those numbers around in your head?" and get into a
conversation about it.
blessings, HeidiC
that is SO cool! As for following it up, I'd ask "So, are you still
mulling those numbers around in your head?" and get into a
conversation about it.
blessings, HeidiC
--- In [email protected], DACunefare@a... wrote:
> 10 pm. I'm sitting reading the paper. Patrick (11- always
unschooled) comes
> into the room and sits beside me.
>
> Patrick: So, say you had a job and you made $100 but they were only
going to
> give you 1/3 of it, would they give you $33 or $34?
>
> Me: Um.... excuse me?
>
> Patrick: Would they round it up to 34 or down to 33?
>
> Me: Um, why would they round it either way? That would depend on
what your
> contract said, I guess. Um... why would they give you only 1/3?
>
> Patrick: I don't know, maybe taxes or something. I just got
thinking...
>
> Me: Okay. Um... what are you thinking that 1/3 of 100 is?
>
> Patrick: 33 point 333333333 and so on...
>
> Me: oh
>
> I keep thinking I should follow this up with something....
>
> Deborah in IL
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
pam sorooshian
On Feb 10, 2004, at 11:25 PM, DACunefare@... wrote:
and round down otherwise. As if that is a rule.
So 33.3333333 would always, in school, round down to 33.
That's convenient for school - since there is a always a right answer
that way. Lots of school teachers think that it is "right" in some more
ultimate sense, but it isn't.
If you had a hundred kids and were dividing them into 3 groups and you
wanted to know how many kids should be put into each group, you might
divide by 3 and get 33.33333333 and decide to round down and put 33
kids in each group. There would be one kid left out and maybe glad (if
this was school - maybe glad not to have to be in a group? <G>) or
maybe sorry.
Even a teacher who had taught "if the number ends in a digit less than
5, round down" for years would NOT round down in this situation <G>.
And probably wouldn't even realize that what she/he was teaching
contradicted her/his own behavior.
What I can think of to follow up on with Patrick on his question,
though, would be that they'd probably pay him $33.33 -- they probably
would not round up since, first just teachers always say round down if
the last digit is less than 5 and since it would be in THEIR best
interest to round down, anyway! If they had a hundred employees, how
much would they save by rounding down for everybody? What if they had a
thousand employees? What if they did that every WEEK for a thousand
employees? Etc.
-pam
National Home Education Network
<www.NHEN.org>
Serving the entire homeschooling community since 1999
through information, networking and public relations.
> I keep thinking I should follow this up with something....In school they teach kids to round up if a number ends with 5 or more
>
> Deborah in IL
and round down otherwise. As if that is a rule.
So 33.3333333 would always, in school, round down to 33.
That's convenient for school - since there is a always a right answer
that way. Lots of school teachers think that it is "right" in some more
ultimate sense, but it isn't.
If you had a hundred kids and were dividing them into 3 groups and you
wanted to know how many kids should be put into each group, you might
divide by 3 and get 33.33333333 and decide to round down and put 33
kids in each group. There would be one kid left out and maybe glad (if
this was school - maybe glad not to have to be in a group? <G>) or
maybe sorry.
Even a teacher who had taught "if the number ends in a digit less than
5, round down" for years would NOT round down in this situation <G>.
And probably wouldn't even realize that what she/he was teaching
contradicted her/his own behavior.
What I can think of to follow up on with Patrick on his question,
though, would be that they'd probably pay him $33.33 -- they probably
would not round up since, first just teachers always say round down if
the last digit is less than 5 and since it would be in THEIR best
interest to round down, anyway! If they had a hundred employees, how
much would they save by rounding down for everybody? What if they had a
thousand employees? What if they did that every WEEK for a thousand
employees? Etc.
-pam
National Home Education Network
<www.NHEN.org>
Serving the entire homeschooling community since 1999
through information, networking and public relations.
Jen Garrison Stuber
Wouldn't each 1/3 paycheck be about 26.45?
2.07 FICA OSADI
.48 FICA Medicare
2.00 State and local taxes
2.34 Federal Taxes
_____
26.45 Remaining
:-)
--Jen
2.07 FICA OSADI
.48 FICA Medicare
2.00 State and local taxes
2.34 Federal Taxes
_____
26.45 Remaining
:-)
--Jen
> > I keep thinking I should follow this up with something....
> >
> > Deborah in IL
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<< In school they teach kids to round up if a number ends with 5 or more
and round down otherwise. As if that is a rule. >>
The computers at the grocery store charge 34 cents for the first 3-for-$1
item, and 33 cents for the other two. Maybe if at a job they paid someone 33%
they could round up once for every two downs.
Sandra
and round down otherwise. As if that is a rule. >>
The computers at the grocery store charge 34 cents for the first 3-for-$1
item, and 33 cents for the other two. Maybe if at a job they paid someone 33%
they could round up once for every two downs.
Sandra