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Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :

Mississippi actually got rid of fractions and decimal points?! [Confused]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
"We're simply seeking to make mathematics more accessible to schoolchildren by de-emphasizing the elements that so many of them find confusing. It makes no sense to try to train our students how to think logically, then present them with nonsensical concepts such as 'irrational' and 'imaginary' numbers."

Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :

Oh my effin' God.

Somebody please tell me this is a joke.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

WTF???

My gods... it's the fall of Rome all over again... [Wall Bash]

Wait... this website says "urban legends reference - lost legends".. this has to be a joke.

PS> AH HA! It is a joke. But with a purpose. http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.htm

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

It's as true as the cruiseship disaster film Poseidon Adventure being shown onboard as the Titanic hit the iceberg.
As true as Sing a Song of Six Pence originally being a recruiting song for pirates.
As true as Mr.Ed was actually a female zebra.

sigh... Edit: Telperion, you are such a skeptic.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Oh, good. I did check to make sure that was the real snopes page, because something didn't seem right about it.

Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :

You know, I still have trouble dividing decimals through long division. [Frown]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Decimals, fractions, and the like were my favorite part of arithmetic. Especially dividing fractions. I loved dividing fractions. Big ones.

Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :

While we're at it, time to get rid of this "non real" number nonsense. [Wink]

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

originally posted by Telperion the Silver:

quote:
Wait... this website says "urban legends reference - lost legends".. this has to be a joke.

PS> AH HA! It is a joke. But with a purpose. http://www.snopes.com/lost/false.htm

Phew! I read it and thought, "Oh no, Snopes is falling down on the job, this article is clearly written tongue-in-cheek!" But I couldn't get that "lost" link to work. For some reason the link worked for me when you posted it here!

Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :

I could see holding out on imaginary numbers, but fractions and decimals? That'd be crazy. Good thing it's a joke.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

quote:
13 August 1999

There's another good clue right up front that it's fake. If this had really been done 6 years ago we would have heard about it from plenty of other sources by now.

Still, a prank in the pages of Snopes is the best sort of prank there is. I think I'll send this page to some of my coworkers. [Evil]

--Enigmatic

Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :

*snickers*

All those snopes articles made me wonder. I thought this was funny and wanted to see who'd check it out.

[ROFL]

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

"sigh... Edit: Telperion, you are such a skeptic."

[Big Grin]