13 Dec
2004
13 Dec
'04
1:06 p.m.
John: I'm not so worried about his inability to do 3/8 + 3/8 -- after all, most of us can't do present value analysis in our heads, either. What would bother me would be if he couldn't get his calculator and/or spreadsheet to do these calculations. Henry ----- At 11:39 AM 12/13/2004, you wrote:
I was recently asked by a senior manager of purchasing for a large school district - What is 3/8 + 3/8 ?
I expect this manager deals in many millions of dollars annually.
It makes me wonder how important math is for the non- mathematician.
John McKay