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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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?