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[–] SpaceLizard ago  (edited ago)

It's not truncating. Truncating is approximating a decimal number by dropping all decimal places past a certain point. This is http://www.basic-mathematics.com/front-end-estimation.html. I could'nt really care less if you personally don't see the benefit of this.

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[–] Aaaron 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

You should look into that link that you sent me and you'll see that it's not even close to the same thing. But thanks for proving that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, and that you'll grasp for straws if you think it will prove your point (even if it actually disproves it since that link is not doing the same operations as the example I included). Rounding doesn't just chop off whatever significant digits after a certain point, it's rounding down or up to the nearest. This isn't a typo, it's straight up wrong.

I could'nt really care less if you personally don't see the benefit of this.

You obviously care enough to start an argument with strangers on the internet... so yes. Yes you do care and that's why you keep replying to me. Take another look at how they get their estimations in that link you provided, and then you'll understand what I'm talking about.

You're basically arguing that because of a typo on an image that may or may not be real, that the math portion of common core is bad.

No, I'm not making that whole argument because of that image. I'm using that image as an example of what common core teaches. It's not my problem that you have personal objections with the image, it's also not my responsibility to give you an example of what common core is if you're the one defending it. So far many others have posted examples of why they think common core is bullshit, but I haven't seen a single example from you. So I'm done trying to "convince" you of anything because there's nothing I could say to you - you will still believe whatever you want to believe. And I'm not sure why you're defending common core anyway, but seeing as how you love to be smug and insult people, it wouldn't surprise me if you just found an available jab from that first user who stated his math background and are now just continuing down that road.

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[–] SpaceLizard 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

You should look into that link that you sent me and you'll see that it's not even close to the same thing.

It is the same thing except there is a typo in the image you CLAIM is from a common core text book. The typo being that they should have rounded a different way obviously...

You obviously care enough to start an argument with strangers on the internet

I care that idiots are trying to link brainwashing with mathematics, and other idiots are pulling random images(again images that those idiots can't even link to a text book) off the internet, of random mistakes to push those arguments. I still don't care about what you personally think should be or not be in curriculum though.

If that is what common core teaches then it should be easy for you to provide more evidence of this right? Then you say things like this

No, I'm not making that whole argument because of that image.

and yet you still don't provide anything new to prove you point that the image is an example of what common core teaches.

It's not my problem that you have personal objections with the image, it's also not my responsibility to give you an example of what common core is if you're the one defending it.

I may have been smug before, but now I'm just going to treat you like an idiot. Do you really think it's my responsibility to go out and find evidence for your claim? Or that the image you provided would even get me motivated enough to bother looking it up for you? Edit: lol what the hell I looked it up and it's fake, but I won't link to my evidence because "it's not my responsibility to provide evidence to prove my points". I wonder where I've heard something like that before.

insult people

I don't believe I've insulted until this post. How did insult you? I said your your entire argument is worthless(which it was), but I never said you were. I'm pretty sure you started with the insults when you called me smug... But I do think you're an idiot now though.