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by OldCannon
Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:41 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 54 years of math in the US
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Re: 54 years of math in the US

jocat54 wrote:...

So sad--but very true, it has always amazed me the number of people who can't make change without a register.
That's really more of an arithmetic skill. I remember when I was working at a pizza place in seventy-*mumble* and we didn't have a reliable register, so we added up orders and calculated tax. Even then it was something that took a little time to "Get Right, Get Fast", but once you did it for a few weeks, it was nothing. I'm MUCH more concerned about people getting college degrees with no more math than "cookbook algebra". THAT is the scary part.

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