The math ain't mathing. Found this from Reddit before. 😆
I get it, math can be hard. But how in the world can this be correct? Where did the division come from??? 🤦🏾♂️😆
$700k in pennies is basically 70M (70,000,000).
I get it, math can be hard. But how in the world can this be correct? Where did the division come from??? 🤦🏾♂️😆
$700k in pennies is basically 70M (70,000,000).
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LookingIn · M
@xSiFiGamer2016x well she wrote that $700k = $7k which is wrong and then you wrote $700k is 70M but I guess you meant the number of pennies you’d receive 👍. But it’s still $700k
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@LookingIn Bruh, that was the point. 🤣
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Bizarre indeed.
If the main unit has 100 divisions then 700 000 of the former contains 700 000 X 100 = 70 000 000 of the latter.
$70 000 = [b]7 [/b][u]million[/u] cents. $700 000 = [b]70 [/b][u]million[/u] cents. Don't spend 'em all at once.
If a single block of money, of any currency to any division system, then its [i]value[/i] is the same whether in base units or its divisions.....
... Until 1971, £700 Sterling would have given you (700 X 20) = 1400 shillings = (1400 X 12) = 168 000 Pennies. Then the currency went decimal, so £700 now gives only 70 000 "New Pennies" (now called just "pence" even when plural). Yet it is still £700.
[b]B-B-B-BUT,[/b] look again: Are we missing the point?
The cartoon is showing us something is not being told; as well as the text revealing its own writer needs learn arithmetic, never mind mathematics.
Assuming these are offers, $700 000, yes, albeit in a clumsy form; but 70 000 of [i]what[/i]?
Note the queue is for "70 000" [i]something unspecified[/i]; but only one person who has stopped, read the signs and thought about the offers.
Or is just a clever catch to mislead us into thinking, like those in the queue, the left-hand teller is letting us have more money than his colleague - or rival - will?
If the main unit has 100 divisions then 700 000 of the former contains 700 000 X 100 = 70 000 000 of the latter.
$70 000 = [b]7 [/b][u]million[/u] cents. $700 000 = [b]70 [/b][u]million[/u] cents. Don't spend 'em all at once.
If a single block of money, of any currency to any division system, then its [i]value[/i] is the same whether in base units or its divisions.....
... Until 1971, £700 Sterling would have given you (700 X 20) = 1400 shillings = (1400 X 12) = 168 000 Pennies. Then the currency went decimal, so £700 now gives only 70 000 "New Pennies" (now called just "pence" even when plural). Yet it is still £700.
[b]B-B-B-BUT,[/b] look again: Are we missing the point?
The cartoon is showing us something is not being told; as well as the text revealing its own writer needs learn arithmetic, never mind mathematics.
Assuming these are offers, $700 000, yes, albeit in a clumsy form; but 70 000 of [i]what[/i]?
Note the queue is for "70 000" [i]something unspecified[/i]; but only one person who has stopped, read the signs and thought about the offers.
Or is just a clever catch to mislead us into thinking, like those in the queue, the left-hand teller is letting us have more money than his colleague - or rival - will?
But how would you deal with 700,000$ in Pennie’s??
You know what it would weigh??
Try 195 TONS!!
Where are you going to put 195 tons of coins??
How are you going to get it home or transport it to the bank?
And what bank would accept 195 tons of Pennie’s???
If Pennie’s were actually made of 100 percent copper that 195 ton’s would be worth more than one and a half MILLION dollars.
You know what it would weigh??
Try 195 TONS!!
Where are you going to put 195 tons of coins??
How are you going to get it home or transport it to the bank?
And what bank would accept 195 tons of Pennie’s???
If Pennie’s were actually made of 100 percent copper that 195 ton’s would be worth more than one and a half MILLION dollars.
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Onestarlitnight Ahhh, I see. I honestly forgot that pennies have elements of zinc and other type of metal. But I don't know how I would carry all of that home. It's a haul, that's for sure. I may need about 2-3 semi trucks full of them. 😆
@xSiFiGamer2016x
Semi trucks carry about 20 tons on average so you’re going to need twenty trucks!! And equipment to load them 😂
If it was a choice like that picture I’d definitely take the pennies! And I’d figure out how to get it all to the treasury or bank clearing warehouse.
Might cost me a hundred grand to move it around but it’s still worth the effort! 😉
Semi trucks carry about 20 tons on average so you’re going to need twenty trucks!! And equipment to load them 😂
If it was a choice like that picture I’d definitely take the pennies! And I’d figure out how to get it all to the treasury or bank clearing warehouse.
Might cost me a hundred grand to move it around but it’s still worth the effort! 😉
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Onestarlitnight And some people, TikTok or here, didn't agree and decided to go for $70k. 🤣
Iwantyourhotwife · 22-25
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Iwantyourhotwife I had a conversation with someone earlier about this. It's not worth the lift. I could ask Hulk or Superman for assistance. 🤣
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Carissimi So, 70 million pennies isn't equal to $700k?
Carissimi · 70-79, F
That’s not what the meme shows. Now you are presenting an entirely different calculation. There is no millions in the meme. 70K ($70,000) is greater than 700,000 pennies ($7,000). @xSiFiGamer2016x
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@Carissimi There's a dollar sign right there. And I never said a word of 700,000 pennies, that woman did. Her calculations were wrong.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I can only conclude you don’t know what you are talking about. Why the hell show a meme about a calculation that is right, and then make your own about millions? You waste my time. I’m done here. @xSiFiGamer2016x
NerdyPotato · M
No, it's 700,000 dollars in pennies, not 700,000 pennies.
NerdyPotato · M
@xSiFiGamer2016x yes, that's $700k, not $70M.
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@NerdyPotato If it was $70M, I would've put it there, but I didn't because that's literally how many pennies you need to earn $700k. 🤦🏾♂️
NerdyPotato · M
@xSiFiGamer2016x ah, right. I read that wrong. Yeah, no clue why they are dividing the value when the value you get is right there on the sign. 🤷
Perhaps they meant that 700k pennies is only 7k dollars, but the sign doesn't say that and in their calculation they are dividing 700k dollars, not 700k coins. Makes no sense.
Perhaps they meant that 700k pennies is only 7k dollars, but the sign doesn't say that and in their calculation they are dividing 700k dollars, not 700k coins. Makes no sense.
TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart · 22-25, F
you made the same math mistake she did lol
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart Explain
TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart · 22-25, F
No its not 😅
NudasPriest · 46-50, M
xSiFiGamer2016x · 22-25, M
@NudasPriest 🤣😆🤣
