…we (me and my family members) think in terms of fractions when dealing with large numbers and differences when the numbers are small.

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How would that work? Like these ten apples are equal to 2 bags of oranges?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Guessing they mean;

    A 5 EUR coffee is 1 EUR more than a 4 EUR coffee.

    A 50000 EUR car is 5/4th or 125% times a 40000 EUR car.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    125% times

    ...is the most cursed thing I've seen all day. Especially so when you realize that when you convert it to a decimal of 1.25, the sentence is completely correct. Bravo. 😅👏

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