Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A French Third or New Math
A few minutes ago I noticed that Neil purchased two boxes of candy at the grocery store. As I was inspecting the boxes I noticed something a little peculiar, which is that a third of a box is apparently 5 grams less when the division is done in French. Until now I didn't know that division was impacted by language. I guess one learns new things every day.
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Maybe that is way you had trouble with maths in French!
Maybe, but you might have thought that I would have done better if this is the standard to which I was to be held.
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