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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by esmi on Saturday November 30, 2019 @10:54AM (#21670452)
Is the answer to the second question allowed to be in engineering form? :)

What grade level is question 3 considered?

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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by nopinsight on Saturday November 30, 2019 @11:02AM (#21670493)
What do you mean by 'engineering form'? Using variables in the answer?

It would be suitable for students between grades 4 and 6 (the highest level we currently teach), depending on how talented the kid is.

To be clear to other readers, these are hard questions that most people, including older kids and adults, probably can't answer without proper learning and practice.

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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by esmi on Saturday November 30, 2019 @11:49AM (#21670772)
In the US we call this engineering form.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E-notati...

I misread the question though and now realize it’s not needed.

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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by monktastic1 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @12:00PM (#21670872)
I'm also from the US but I've never heard the term "engineering form." FWIW, Wikipedia thinks it's something a little different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_notation.
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Re:Many elementary teachers don’t understand math, and it ma... by Armisael16 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @01:36PM (#21671439)
I've never heard that (or anything else) called 'engineering form'.
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