Re: Abolish Fractions?

On Jan 31, 2:03 am, Bill Dubuque <w...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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But such ratios and proportions can just as easily be expressed
in terms of decimal fractions for the purposes of the layperson.

Um. Yeah?

Billy has a cake. He wants to share it with his two
friends John and Sam. How much of the cake will
each boy get? 0.33333, 333, uh, 3, uh, yeah.

Just as easily? How ever will you calculate that
0.33 etc. without knowing fractions? Are you going
to try to teach long division without fractions?
Are you going to try to explain what 0.33 etc. means
without explaining what 1/3 is?

As my friend explained why he declined to join
two other guys and a girl going skinny dipping:
Three into one does not go.
Socks
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