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Igel

(35,300 posts)

4. Yeah, they can be.

Reply to mobeau69 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:01 AM

Mar 2020

I have students who'd read that as 38 meters, others who'd read that as 38 mass, others as 38 momentum, some as 38 million and others (a causa de espanol) as 38 thousand.

It's like those who round 1.33 x 10^8 as 1.3.

Can't get them to slow down and actually think. "What's 38 mass mean? Or is 38 momentum noticeably more than 380 momentum?" Why? Because there's a TikTok they have to watch, or they're worried they'll be disliked if they don't text their friends back quickly enough.

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How did the idiot come up with 38 million for the population of Seoul? [View all] mobeau69 Mar 2020 OP

yep they are THIS incompetent.... samnsara Mar 2020 #1

9.734 million. Trump doesn't use the Google... dchill Mar 2020 #2

Seoul, Tokyo what's the difference? They're not white. dem4decades Mar 2020 #3

Yeah, they can be. Igel Mar 2020 #4