Re: Rule to Apply for Rates and Ratios

[Bob LaMontagne <rlamont@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>]

Eggs come in all sizes. The term eggs per $1 is meaningless
unless the size is specified. No wonder kids aren't
learning anything in school - teachers can't formulate
proper questions!

Bob at PC

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On 3/11/2004 at 12:20 PM Brian Whatcott wrote:

> > Matt <matt42287@hotmail.com> wrote, in his Math-Teach
post of 10 Mar
> > 04 18:51:15-0500 titled "Rule to Apply for Rates and
Ratios":
> > "I got a problem: If you have a dozen eggs that costs
$2.40 - what
> > rule can we apply to KNOW that we're looking for an
answer of cost
> > per egg; not eggs per $1.00?"
>
> There is no rule which is definitive.
> Though I may prefer to brag that my econobox makes
> 43 miles per gallon,
> it could be that my pen friend might say,
> "Ma voiture demande 5,3 litres le cent kilometre."
>
> "You say resistivity: I say conductivity" - isn't that
> how the song goes?
>
>
>
> Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!