This idiot wants to ban fractions even thought they're better.
 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...?se=yahoorefer


Divide the number 1 into 3rds using a fraction and then try it using the decimal system.

Im sorry I went to public school in the US and can not do either of those tasks.

i went to catholic (private) school and I do not do any number calculations without my calculator.

Some may say thats silly, but Id rather know that the calculator is never wrong.

Anyone else have a calculator in every room for ease of reach? lol

I loved math.... hated algebra.

Now I do algebra for a living.

Go figure.

I use calculators too but at least at your fancy private school they taught you the proper forumlas to figure such tasks out. Without those calculators are only good for simple math.

I'd much rather do calculus than basic algebra.

I'd rather be doing just about anything than basic algebra.

doesn't matter what they taught me, I don't remember any of it!

ratios and amount totals, is all I care about!

No wonder I failed Math..fractions hurts my head

3.33 recurring

next

fractions only get difficult when you are adding up noncommon denominators on the fly

Dividing 1 into 3rds gives you 3.33??

Buy a new calculator.

Ben.. now use fractions.

1 divided by 3 = 1/3 Simple.

Now then, 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 3/3 which is 1

But 1 divided by 3 in the decimal system = .33333333333333333 recuring

.33 +.33 +.33 = .99 Decimals are inaccurate.

This math professor in the article is a tool.

idiot? - he's an award-winning professor in mathematics

certainly sounds like an idiot to me.

but

.33 recurring + .33 recurring + .33 recurring = 1.0

it's all starting to make sense now

Gore got an award for telling us shit we already knew. Go figure.
Marissa Tomei, won an award for My Cousin Vinny... go figure.

"One through nine, no maybes, no supposes, no fractions. You can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, uh, with fractions – what are you going to land on – one-quarter, three-eighths? What are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something? That's dialectic physics."

heh, so that's what those "award-winning professors" are pondering now a days... What's next? They'll want to ban color green, because blue is better? :1orglaugh

let's not talk about Gore and his bullshit.

Decimals are precise , quite the contrary to 'inaccurate' ...


I hate fractions anyway, computers don't use em, just like the tool said :thumbsup

Fractions are sooo last week.

Well, still... no one has divided 1 into 3 equal parts using decimals yet. :disgust

I think he's 1/2 right.

thats just god fucking with you.... ;)

Tell that to this man.
http://nietzsche.com/nietzsche-friedrich.jpg

well thats just dumb, what about if you have two variables and you are dividing those? for example a/b = ? how can you express that in terms of a decimal, so much in mathematics later on is based on variables and constants that this would never work

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup

Same. WTF. MATH IS FOR FUCKING CALCULATORS.

The guy needs to smoke less crack.

"Yes, I'd like to order a pizza. Uhh, huh... On point five I would like pepperoni and on the other point five I'd like anchovies. Oh and on a point twenty-five of the pepperoni point five can I have Canadian bacon too? Thanks!"

I don't see how this is going to ever happen.

Anyone remember what the fraction 22/7 was used for?

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh :1orglaugh
Didn't even think of that.

What will I say when people ask me if I'm white?
"No, I'm only point five. Point five white and point five mexiCAN."

"What is a complete fraction that is used to solve an unsolvable math problem?"

"Correct for 400, please choose another category."

Thanks Alex, I'll take "how to fuck with GFY for a 1000 please"

I really like cold beer.

You can use simple algebra and be accurate. Just assume all the .33333's are repeating.

Let x = .33333+.33333+.33333 = 3(.33333...)
10x = 3*(3.33333) ; multiply both sides by 10.

Subtract the first term from the first and solve for x.

(10x-x) = 3*(3.33333)-3*(.33333)
9x = 3(3.33333-.33333)
9x = 3 (3)
9x = 9
x = 1

You have to learn modern methods and tools. but school is about training your brain to think and reason. not about finding the easiest way to do everything.

Calculators are a tool. So is a bike, maybe in sport instead of running they should be telling you to get on a bike as it's easier and faster. The brain is like a muscle, exercise it and it works better.

But then this is GFY. :1orglaugh

That was probably true back in the 40's.

Now, however, school is nothing but a daycare center for your children. Teachers are nothing but gimps earning a paycheck. They keep their job by making sure their students pass. They make sure their students pass by teaching them how to memorize answers, and how to use calculators effectively.

There are no real teachers left anymore. That said, there are no real students either. :2 cents:

I know he doesn't say fractions should not be taught at all but it is funny to look at the blackboard behind him in the pic.

10-ADL Colin = Nerd
10x-x = Nerd
RedShoe = -Nerd
Nerd = Colin ADL
RedShoe is not a nerd

It's always easier to just make fun of shit we don't understand.





:winkwink:

Actually, Colin...

o y = r cubed over 3. And if you determine the rate of change in this curve correctly, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Derivative dy = 3 r squared dr over 3, or r squared dr, or......

Colin? Figure this one out genius.

:winkwink: