This is a major pet peve of mine. A typical situation where this
occurs is around this time of year we have a lot of potato and corn farms
selling their wares by the roadside. Many times they mislabel the price
of an item. For example, one ear of corn is .25 cts, so I go to the
counter with 4 ears and pay only US$0.01!
Regards,
On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Monty Briley wrote:
> Just getting caught up on e-mail but let me throw one out for
> discussion...
>
> We all read $25.50 as twenty-five dollars and fifty cents...me
> included. But technically isn't this twenty-five and fifty hundredths
> dollars? Why do we mix units when we read this denomination? This
> often comes up in my basic mathematics classes.
>
> 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?????
>
> Monty
>
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> Jamestown, NC 27282
>
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