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#1 2010-01-03 20:11:59
- kittykat01
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Convert percentage to decimal
The examples show that the decimal point moves - it doesn't, the decimal point never moves - the digits move. I am already trying to undo some bad maths teaching and getting kids to understand place value. I have really enjoyed looking through this web site and will use some of it in class (not this page though)
#2 2010-01-04 13:22:19
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Re: Convert percentage to decimal
Hi, and thanks for the comment.
kittykat01 wrote:
The examples show that the decimal point moves - it doesn't, the decimal point never moves - the digits move.
This must be a point of ignorance for me ... does it matter which one moves, and why?
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#3 2010-01-04 23:35:37
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Re: Convert percentage to decimal
This must be a point of ignorance for me ... does it matter which one moves, and why?
I don't think it matters, how you view it. Saying that the decimal point moves 2 places to the right (or to the left ) is how I was taught.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
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#4 2010-02-22 03:56:41
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Re: Convert percentage to decimal
Well, in my opinion, moving the decimal point is easier than moving all the digits
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#5 2010-02-22 04:56:17
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Re: Convert percentage to decimal
To convert % to , you divide by 100 and hence you make your answer one hundred times smaller.
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