Re: [MATHEDCC] RE: Dollars and Cents

Roberta S. Lacefield (RSLace@mail.way.peachnet.edu)
Mon, 02 Jun 1997 14:16:40

>And .25 cents...my students tell me that this is a quarter everytime.
>They can't seem to grasp hundredths of a cent. Do others encounter this
>also?
>
>Just wonder?????
>
>
I was nearly tossed out of a Pic-n-Save once for trying to convince the
manager that he was confusing my students by letting his employees write
things like .89 cents and 3 for .99 cents. I tried to explain it to him
but he just thought I was an escapee from an insane asylum. Now that the
Pic-n-Save is closed, his employees are wreaking havoc at the local Walmart
and my students continue to be confused.

Roberta

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Roberta S. Lacefield RSLace@mail.way.peachnet.edu
Waycross College http://members.tripod.com/~Roberta/index.html
2001 S. Georgia Pkwy (912) 285 - 6027
Waycross, GA 31503 fax: (912) 287-4909

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