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Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by christiangenco on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:56PM (#30503529)
This mistake is so interesting to me. Here's a great explanation of what's probably happening: https://youtu.be/6egeUxIEQnM

tl;dr: mentally we take off "millions" as a unit, do the calculation, then add "millions" back on. This works for addition, subtraction, and inequality but fails for multiplication and division.

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Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by ejb999 on Monday February 28, 2022 @01:59PM (#30503565)
the fact that this basic math error made it thru so many people and still made it onto the air is very telling - and scary.
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Re:What use is mental math in 2022? by conductr on Monday February 28, 2022 @02:09PM (#30503656)
The math mistake actually doesn’t surprise me. The lack of critical thinking to say, wait, is that right? Is a complete whiff.
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