I am no so good with the math and I need a formula for finding the percentage of accuracy. like 5 out of 10=50%
Basic math?
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Look at where this guy is, S.S. I hope he is kidding.
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You still coming to El Paso???Slugman said:
This thread makes me sad
oh....my....god
tell me you're like 9
tell me you're like 9
LordOpie said:
And if you can't follow that formula, you can always use the % button on your caculator..!
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Who was the idiot that was always trying to get us to do his remedial math tests for him? Was it Mr. Tool here?
I was getting ice cream at the local minigolf/driving range a while ago, and the total came to $2.80. I handed the girl behind the counter a $5. She looked over at her friend who was adding up another order on the calculator, smiled at me, and said, "Just one second, I need to wait for the calculator."MMike said:
This girl could not give me change for my $5, without a calculator.
I blame the parents for allowing their kids to grow up lazy & stupid.
douglas said:
There are parents in the same boat as the kids, I'm sad to say.
www.icantbelieveiamthisstupid.com should helpLordOpie said:
Hands up! Who was dumb enough to try the link?WarEagle2K said:
I might be wrong, but I thought Douglas was responding to BVs story of the cashier who couldn't subtract $2.80 from $5.00. If either of my kids gets to "working at the mini-golf" age w/out being able to do that math in their head, I'm gonna ground 'em until they can.pnj said:
It's not just 'cuz I wanna raise superior mini-golf cashiers either: If my kid is a customer and doesn't know how much change they should get back, they're in for a lifetime of gettin' ripped off by slimeballs who AT LEAST managed to learn some figgerin' in their head.
I wouldn't call someone stupid or lazy for not knowing how to calculate a percentage. Math-challenged or stoned, yes, but not stupid or lazy
If you can't do 2-digit percentages w/out a calculator or Excel, so what. That's why we have the tools. But addition and subtaction--anything you'd carry cash for--are life skills.
Fathead said:I wouldn't call someone stupid or lazy for not knowing how to calculate a percentage. Math-challenged or stoned, yes, but not stupid or lazy
If you can't do 2-digit percentages w/out a calculator or Excel, so what. That's why we have the tools. But addition and subtaction--anything you'd carry cash for--are life skills.
I would... besides how are you going to figure how much are you going to save off of a 15% Off Sale at you LBS?
Fathead said:I wouldn't call someone stupid or lazy for not knowing how to calculate a percentage. Math-challenged or stoned, yes, but not stupid or lazy
Yeah, I have a Ph(goddamn)D and I am always screwing up tips and money matters. My wife loves to check my math after we go out to eat so she can make fun of me when I screw it up - which is often. I swear somewhere along the line my brain got so full that it shoved basic math out to make room for all the other crap I had to learn (that may or may not be good for anything - I've yet to determine that.)
Another humbling thing is to go to a foreign country where you don't know the langauge that well and try to pay for something. You either have to have them write it down for you or guess how much it should cost and pray they don't dick you over when they give your change back.
What percent is 6 divided by 0..?
A whole lot.
Or as one of my codes would say: not a number
Or as one of my codes would say: not a number
Potato.N8 said:
I Are Baboon said:
WINNER!
So what do you call a calculus professor?
wait for it...
waaaaaiit...
almost there...
A CALCULATOR!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
wait for it...
waaaaaiit...
almost there...
A CALCULATOR!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
if you cant do the percenatge for 5/10 or 3/4 or 7/10, yeah you are stupid (IMO) but if you want/need to use a calculator to add a 15% tip on a $42.87 meal, and determine how much it is each for the 3 of you, I guess thats ok
$16 each. But leave $17.douglas said:
douglas said:
Yeah that is a tough one...
For the tip:
10% of 42.87 = 4.28
divide 4.28 in half = 2.14
add back to 4.28 + 2.14 = 6.42
To split 3 ways divide by 3 or = 2.14 ea.
Or you get my dad who taught you more that 8 years of college gets you, but the real world only acknowedges a degree and your screwed. Glad aviation doesn't see it that way.N8 said:
I've never understood what was so hard about calcuating tip. For $42.87, for instance:
Ten percent is a movement of the decimal point: $4.28, rounded to $4.50 or $4.00 if you can't handle the change. Five percent is half that: $2.14, or $2.25, or $2.00. Add the two together, to get $6.42, or $6.75, or $6.00. Even if you only work in big, round numbers, it's still within $0.50 of the real number!
I saw "tip cards" in Hallmark the other day, selling for a freakin' buck fifty each. I can't believe there's a market for that.
Ten percent is a movement of the decimal point: $4.28, rounded to $4.50 or $4.00 if you can't handle the change. Five percent is half that: $2.14, or $2.25, or $2.00. Add the two together, to get $6.42, or $6.75, or $6.00. Even if you only work in big, round numbers, it's still within $0.50 of the real number!
I saw "tip cards" in Hallmark the other day, selling for a freakin' buck fifty each. I can't believe there's a market for that.
Yeah I can always get that far but when I go to add 42.87 with 6.42 I aways forget to carry the one and end up with 48.29 instead of 49.29. Doh!
jdschall said:
That happens sometimes...
that funny becuase calculators are rarely useing in calculus, but not haha funny.Polandspring88 said:
MMike said:
HTFR said:
i disagree. once you get into deep physics, calculus, differential equations, etc, its very handy to have a graphing calculator
Ti-86 = t3h 1337 (or was back in the day)
I use the lazy method for calculating a tip. Our local tax is 8.75% so double it and then add or subtract depending on service.binary visions said:
x/y * 100
HP 48GX...luken8r said:
ack......it wasn't a test 