From the Life of Fred

Pre-Algebra 1 Minute

From the Life of Fred Pre-Algebra Course:

“A question for English majors: Suppose you wanted to say that the digit 9 followed by a decimal point is the same as a plain 9 without a decimal point. You write something like “9. is the same as 9.” To my eye, that seems a bit strange. Or, once, when I was in high school, I wrote in an essay the sentence: Rocky owed Sylvia $2.. The first dot was for the decimal, and the second dot was the period. The teacher marked it wrong.  Okay, English majors, here is your multiple-choice question: Is English harder than math? Here are your choices: ☐yes or ☐yes.”

Source: https://thehomelibraryonline.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/life-of-fred-pre-algebra-course/

Published by John Quintanilla

I'm a Professor of Mathematics and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. For eight years, I was co-director of Teach North Texas, UNT's program for preparing secondary teachers of mathematics and science.

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