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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 21, 2013 13:17:40 GMT -5
D = M/V, where D is density, M is mass, and V is volume. I always remembered it by thinking of the DMV, the department of motor vehicles. I only brought that up because we had a student employee who we tasked with determining if something was lead or not. It should have been an easy task. Weigh it, measure it to determine the volume, divide mass by volume, go on the internet and find the density of lead. If they're the same (or very close) it's lead, if it's not, it's not lead. Simple. Shouldn't it be marked "lead" if it is lead? Sloppy asset tracking if you ask me. Perhaps, but being a 150 year old federal agency, we got a lot of legacy shit lying around. Lots of people retire and just leave stuff lying around and 20 years later someone finds it and doesn't know what the hell it is.
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Post by alabamagal on Aug 21, 2013 13:19:50 GMT -5
My DH had trouble hiring staff for his copy/printing business. He hired people with high school education starting a minumum wage. His issues was hiring people who understood fractions. 1/4" is bigger than 1/8" which is bigger than 1/16", that kind of thing.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 21, 2013 13:20:34 GMT -5
I use a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 13:20:45 GMT -5
Shouldn't it be marked "lead" if it is lead? Sloppy asset tracking if you ask me. Perhaps, but being a 150 year old federal agency, we got a lot of legacy shit lying around. Lots of people retire and just leave stuff lying around and 20 years later someone finds it and doesn't know what the hell it is. Or you could use one of those lead testing kits. I have a bunch in my basement. The liquid turns pink if it comes in contact with lead.
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Post by alabamagal on Aug 21, 2013 13:22:19 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to try to explain to one of our employees that adding a drum of 18% acid to a tank and then another drum of 18% acid did not make 36% acid. DUH!!
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Aug 21, 2013 13:23:25 GMT -5
Post by swamp on Aug 21, 2013 13:23:25 GMT -5
I have a doctorate, and until I read the explaination below that post, I had no idea how to do it.
I can, however, calculate the proration of taxes on a subdivision of real property. I can also calculate the daily interest owed on a foreclosure.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:26:09 GMT -5
Post by The Home 6 on Aug 21, 2013 13:26:09 GMT -5
Future accountant-and I can do math up until Geometry.
I had to take Algebra II and Trig in high school and it made me cry. College algebra wasn't so bad (it was years ago, though, so maybe my memory has faded). What's sad is that I come from a 'math' family, and I am the only one who doesn't really get it.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:29:50 GMT -5
Post by swamp on Aug 21, 2013 13:29:50 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to try to explain to one of our employees that adding a drum of 18% acid to a tank and then another drum of 18% acid did not make 36% acid. DUH!! My SIL is a nurse. She had to explain to one of her coworkers that they were out of Vitamin B12, and giving 2 Vitamin B6's was not an appropriate substitution.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:30:26 GMT -5
Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 21, 2013 13:30:26 GMT -5
I use basic math every day (who doesn't?) but anything more complicated? Not often. Or I don't see it as math anymore I got up to Algebra II in high school and if my teacher had sucked I wouldn't have gotten out of that class. Because she could explain things well, I passed but it was a close thing. I remember 2 things from all of math, the formula for figuring out a percentage (I was doing make up work and the only message she sent was "you know the formula", um......no) I never forgot it again after she gave me that "look". Not sure if she smacked me with her grade book that time or not. The other is that I could actually understand and solve quadratic equations. Now I remember the phrase. Math was always a struggle for me, so when something clicked so well, it was memorable.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:34:40 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 13:34:40 GMT -5
I am an engineer so I took a lot of math. I tested out of all algebra, trig, Calc I and started with Calc II in college. Took Calc III and Differential Equations. Calc II was ok, I hated Calc 3, I loved Diff Eq. But now I don't remember much about any of them because I don't use them even as an engineer.
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Post by Jaguar on Aug 21, 2013 13:36:12 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to try to explain to one of our employees that adding a drum of 18% acid to a tank and then another drum of 18% acid did not make 36% acid. DUH!! My SIL is a nurse. She had to explain to one of her coworkers that they were out of Vitamin B12, and giving 2 Vitamin B6's was not an appropriate substitution.
Holy Freaking Crap !!!
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Aug 21, 2013 13:38:40 GMT -5
Post by Jaguar on Aug 21, 2013 13:38:40 GMT -5
Understanding both math & science are my strong points. It's grammar that I've always sucked at.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:39:34 GMT -5
Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 21, 2013 13:39:34 GMT -5
I hate math. So what do I wind up doing for a living - bookkeeper! But everything is on computer now and if someone asks me what 1 plus 1 is I put it in a calculator and then zero it back out to make sure I gave the correct answer I got thru accounting 102 in college. I still hate math but as long as debits = credits I am good
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Post by swamp on Aug 21, 2013 13:40:09 GMT -5
Understanding both math & science are my strong points. It's grammar that I've always sucked at.
It's grammar at which I have always sucked. You're welcome.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:41:10 GMT -5
Post by jkapp on Aug 21, 2013 13:41:10 GMT -5
I went up through Pre-calc...I'm an accountant, so I use math everyday but as Archie said, its mostly basic adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. There is some algebraic type stuff that comes up from time to time too. Working with sales taxes in numerous states, I deal a lot with percentages
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Aug 21, 2013 13:43:22 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 13:43:22 GMT -5
Working with sales taxes in numerous states, I deal a lot with percentages in different state and cities and boroughs and locals and products, services, etc, etc, etc...
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Post by Jaguar on Aug 21, 2013 13:44:20 GMT -5
Understanding both math & science are my strong points. It's grammar that I've always sucked at.
It's grammar at which I have always sucked. You're welcome.
Thanks hon, you have no idea how my lack of grammar knowledge pisses me off. I am thinking about getting some school books from the bookstore or library.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Tequila on Aug 21, 2013 13:45:33 GMT -5
Understanding both math & science are my strong points. It's grammar that I've always sucked at.
It's grammar at which I have always sucked. You're welcome. I don't think it's grammar that you suck :-p
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Aug 21, 2013 13:46:53 GMT -5
Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 21, 2013 13:46:53 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to try to explain to one of our employees that adding a drum of 18% acid to a tank and then another drum of 18% acid did not make 36% acid. DUH!! My SIL is a nurse. She had to explain to one of her coworkers that they were out of Vitamin B12, and giving 2 Vitamin B6's was not an appropriate substitution. The irony is that neither of these errors is mathematical. They're conceptual errors. In the first case, the employee believed concentrations to be additive, which is obviously not the case. But his/her arithmetic is correct. In the second case, the coworker mistakenly believed the number in the name of a vitamin represented a dosage. But again his/her arithmetic is correct. It's the same issue with the old joke about 2 + 2 = 22, where '+' is "mistakenly" treated as concatenation rather than addition. But it turns out that '+' represents concatenation in many programming languages. If you instruct the computer to print out "2 + 2 = " + 2 + 2, it will give you 2 + 2 = 22. Not a mathematical error but a conceptual one.
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Aug 21, 2013 13:47:04 GMT -5
Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 21, 2013 13:47:04 GMT -5
Working with sales taxes in numerous states, I deal a lot with percentages in different state and cities and boroughs and locals and products, services, etc, etc, etc...
Same here but on top of doing books for all kinds of companies I had to deal with tax season to boot. Woke up one morning 9 years ago and said "screw this" ain't going thru another tax season and drug up!!
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Post by jkapp on Aug 21, 2013 13:47:26 GMT -5
Working with sales taxes in numerous states, I deal a lot with percentages in different state and cities and boroughs and locals and products, services, etc, etc, etc... No kidding! lol! Any time I read about the "streamlined sales tax" system that's set up with various states, I just laugh. There is no streamlining of anything between the states!
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Post by Miss Tequila on Aug 21, 2013 13:48:51 GMT -5
Another accountant here. I do use quite a bit if algebra on a daily basis. Obviously I do everything in excel but I still have to understand the formula to write it.
Density question???lol. I'm sure I learned that in high school but that is one of those things that if not used, you aren't going to remember. With google, any idiot could look up the formula and calculate it
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Aug 21, 2013 13:53:44 GMT -5
Post by Angel! on Aug 21, 2013 13:53:44 GMT -5
I love math. I was an engineering major, so I had to take through Diff EQ and then went on to take 2 more courses to get my minor. I use math daily in my career - mostly the simple math with some algebra, geometry, and trig thrown in.
I probably use it pretty much daily in my non-work life also. I would think most people do, they maybe just don't think of it as math. How else does someone decide how many gallons of paint to buy when painting a room? How many boards to buy when building a fence? Decide if they can afford $100 gadget knowing they have $X in bills to pay next week? Figure out how much they need for gas money if they are traveling 750 miles? Know how much the shoes marked 80% off will cost? Figure out a payment on a loan? And so on. Or do most people just wing it and not even bother to use math to estimate an answer?
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Post by bean29 on Aug 21, 2013 13:53:46 GMT -5
I am an accountant so most people (who aren't accountants) think my job is all about math. That is not the case, though. I do add and subtract and multiply and have to understand fractions and ratios, but other than that I do not do any math. even the math I do is done by a computer or a calculator. I do not trust myself to do any math in my head. I double check everything with a calculator or computer program. I went up through calculus 1 or something like that. I think I have a good understanding of basic algebra. And I remember taking Statistics. I had an A going into the final and ended up with a C . One would think I would be fairly good at helping with Math homework, but nope, I am no use.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 13:54:18 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to try to explain to one of our employees that adding a drum of 18% acid to a tank and then another drum of 18% acid did not make 36% acid. DUH!! My SIL is a nurse. She had to explain to one of her coworkers that they were out of Vitamin B12, and giving 2 Vitamin B6's was not an appropriate substitution. I love it!
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Aug 21, 2013 13:55:56 GMT -5
Post by mmhmm on Aug 21, 2013 13:55:56 GMT -5
I think most of us use basic arithmetic as opposed to more advanced mathematics. Medication dose calculation required mathematical formulae (dimensional analysis was my preferred method), so I used it often. These days, for the most part, the pharmacist's assitants do the calculations; however, that's my patient and if something goes wrong, it's going to be my responsibility, so I always checked the formulations to make sure they were correct. Doctors make mistakes, as well, so it's important to know how to be sure the dose being given is correct for the patient being medicated. Other than that, simple arithmetic serves my daily needs.
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Post by Otto the Orange on Aug 21, 2013 13:59:17 GMT -5
I stumped this cashier with math today.
I purchased something that came to $3.25.
All I had was a $5 bill and coins. So I handed him the $5 Bill and said "wait a minute, I have 25 cents in my pocket too"
The cashier was like " but sir, its only $3.25"
It took me like 5 minutes to explain to him that it would be easier if he took the 25 cents too---this way he could give me back and even $2 vs. $1 and 3 quarters and whatever.........
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 21, 2013 13:59:31 GMT -5
I've known people who are "so called college educated" who can't form a cognizant sentence, can't spell, and can't punctuate worth beans. People have their strengths and weaknesses. I'm okay with that.
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Aug 21, 2013 14:01:32 GMT -5
Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 21, 2013 14:01:32 GMT -5
I stumped this cashier with math today. I purchased something that came to $3.25. All I had was a $5 bill and coins. So I handed him the $5 Bill and said "wait a minute, I have 25 cents in my pocket too" The cashier was like " but sir, its only $3.25" It took me like 5 minutes to explain to him that it would be easier if he took the 25 cents too---this way he could give me back and even $2 vs. $1 and 3 quarters and whatever......... Must have been using a hand cranked cash register not to be able to make change these days
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Post by swamp on Aug 21, 2013 14:05:30 GMT -5
My SIL is a nurse. She had to explain to one of her coworkers that they were out of Vitamin B12, and giving 2 Vitamin B6's was not an appropriate substitution. The irony is that neither of these errors is mathematical. They're conceptual errors. In the first case, the employee believed concentrations to be additive, which is obviously not the case. But his/her arithmetic is correct. In the second case, the coworker mistakenly believed the number in the name of a vitamin represented a dosage. But again his/her arithmetic is correct. It's the same issue with the old joke about 2 + 2 = 22, where '+' is "mistakenly" treated as concatenation rather than addition. But it turns out that '+' represents concatenation in many programming languages. If you instruct the computer to print out "2 + 2 = " + 2 + 2, it will give you 2 + 2 = 22. Not a mathematical error but a conceptual one. No, the irony is that someone who is so educated is a complete and utter moron.
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