the theory is if you learn all the incredibly simplified steps you can break down any problem later on in algebra

in reality people either do as you do and work it in their head till they can't then are stuck on polynomials or some where before that.

or they toss their hands up do the minimum to be passed along in school and then somehow live with out any proper math

Onother Star Buds regular.

I have used algebra exactly one time since I got out of school. It was the most basic algebra that is possible. All of that headache was a waste of time.


My sister will line up the bottles of shampoo at the store and get the one with 1 mm more in it than the others. I know other people who do that too. I use my calculator all of the time when shopping. I don'y usually care about 2.1¢ vs 1.9¢ per oz but I do care about 23.8¢ vs 35.6¢. Especially when it is a big package vs a smaller one.

I'm sorry you y'all have to buy your water jbyrd, it springs out of the ground for free up here.

That’s pretty sweet if y’all have springs everywhere. Need to get a portable one for my truck.

Yea up there it probably has a turd in it Bottles just fit in my fridge in my building better than solo cup Plus pack really well in my boat cooler. I’m sure none of you ever buy bottled water but it is pretty convenient Heck I even saw a video of our troops using it Why don’t you tell one about running water when you see one

Just teasing buddy

You know they make refillable water bottles, lol. I thought you were just complaining about people using too much plastic? LOL

That bottled water tastes like pool water smells.

Not so much common sense as simple math, but as stated above this is not just a recent younger thing at all. I have worked with hundreds of people that bought lots of expensive items based on the fact that interest rates when from 7-5% and not knowing that it was the principle being paid that was the big deal. Or They would get a lot of over time for extended period, say 6 months and spend a lot more and then wonder how to pay for it later. The other one was No payments for 6 months or a year, like they thought they were getting something for free. We have millions in the world that are surviving their poor math skills or their laziness of not even trying to do the math.

Bryce

just think if people had good math skills and were smart with percents and interest , Pawn Shops might not even exist.

Hey amspoker, at my place here in East Tennessee we have some of the best spring and well water around anywhere, but unfortunately my well water I have in Morgan County Ohio is horrible. Of course I'm sitting 20ft off the Muskingum river and the well is only 30ft deep. But in the area where I'm at up there alot of the people have to haul water in. Do you have pretty good water where your at? My well in Tennessee is 500ft

I wish it were just the young people with no common sense, and I wish it were just the price of water on which it had bearing.

And most of the price stickers on the shelf near the item have the price of the item plus the price per pound.Price per pound label makes it quite easy to tell what package is the better deal.

I have also seen people grab only one package of "buy one get one free" items.

I can imagine the next conversation he has with his wife, "Honey, you wont believe this but a trapper was just trying to give me financial advice, smh".

now you think he can recognize a trapper !

probably went home and said this weird old guy kept trying to tell me 24 twice was was less than 40

Buying water is the bigger head scratcher. Not a fan a banning things but I would have no problem with plastic sacs and bottles going away permanently.

Old folks have ran our national debt up to 30 trillion. They aren't very good at math either.