5 Dec
2013
5 Dec
'13
6:50 p.m.
Oops, logophagy time. Docfiend NeilB points out: In[5]:= Round[42, 10] - Round[13, 10] Out[5]= 30 is almost certainly the question's intent. --rwg On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:
It has no effect on this 4th Grade homework problem: "Estimate: Workers in Italy receive an average of 42 vacation days per year. Workers in the United States receive an average of 13 vacation days per year. Explain how to use rounding to estimate how many more vacation days workers in Italy receive each year." --rwg Another nice one: "Write 47,000 in expanded form." I suggested forty-seven Ms. This is a private school. Everybody says parTISSiple.