Heyyy what do the . Mean on the scale like for example 125.6 or like 125.2
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TheVirgoddess wrote: »
Thanks lol0 -
Who took the Time to reply thanks I didn't read all these comments I haven't been on here in like days0
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Multiply the decimal you have by 16 to get ounces.LAWoman72 wrote:One day I'm expecting to make that next quantum leap and outdo myself
by figuring out how that becomes actual ounces given there are 16 ounces in a pound.
If you want to know 1/10 of a pound (0.1), multiply 0.1 x 16 = 1.6 oz = 0.1 lb
That's an easy one, just move the decimal point.
0.2 of a pound is 0.2 x 16 = 3.2 oz
And so on.
That works for anything, BTW.
If you want to know what something's sale price is, and it's 40% off, you could do it 2 ways.
What I think is the easy way is to realize that at 40% off, the actual cost is 60% of the normal price (100%-40%=60%), so multiply the normal price by 60% (0.6).
Say for example if it's normally $8, multiply by 0.6 to get $4.80.
(Remember your times tables? Six times eight is...? Forty-eight. And since there's one number to the right of the decimal, you have to move the decimal in the answer one place to the left.)
The other way is to multiply the normal price by the 40% to find the amount off, then subtract that from the normal price.
$8 x 0.4 = $3.20
$8 - $3.20 = $4.80
Until Saturday, I worked at a retail store. It astonished me how MANY customers would come to me with a product which was labelled as being $9.99 per unit, tell me there's a sign saying it's 40% off, then ask me how much it cost.
These are supposedly adults, and they can't do very simple grade-school math.
It doesn't get much easier than an even 10% (20, 30, 40, 50) off $10.
I tried VERY hard to keep a straight face & not let my true feelings show in my voice as I explained (over and over and over), "Ten dollars minus four dollars is six dollars."0 -
Multiply the decimal you have by 16 to get ounces.LAWoman72 wrote:One day I'm expecting to make that next quantum leap and outdo myself
by figuring out how that becomes actual ounces given there are 16 ounces in a pound.
If you want to know 1/10 of a pound (0.1), multiply 0.1 x 16 = 1.6 oz = 0.1 lb
That's an easy one, just move the decimal point.
0.2 of a pound is 0.2 x 16 = 3.2 oz
And so on.
That works for anything, BTW.
If you want to know what something's sale price is, and it's 40% off, you could do it 2 ways.
What I think is the easy way is to realize that at 40% off, the actual cost is 60% of the normal price (100%-40%=60%), so multiply the normal price by 60% (0.6).
Say for example if it's normally $8, multiply by 0.6 to get $4.80.
(Remember your times tables? Six times eight is...? Forty-eight. And since there's one number to the right of the decimal, you have to move the decimal in the answer one place to the left.)
The other way is to multiply the normal price by the 40% to find the amount off, then subtract that from the normal price.
$8 x 0.4 = $3.20
$8 - $3.20 = $4.80
Until Saturday, I worked at a retail store. It astonished me how MANY customers would come to me with a product which was labelled as being $9.99 per unit, tell me there's a sign saying it's 40% off, then ask me how much it cost.
These are supposedly adults, and they can't do very simple grade-school math.
It doesn't get much easier than an even 10% (20, 30, 40, 50) off $10.
I tried VERY hard to keep a straight face & not let my true feelings show in my voice as I explained (over and over and over), "Ten dollars minus four dollars is six dollars."
I was actually only being facetious there, LOL, I do know how to do this calculation. I am very, very bad at math, but not quite this bad! I think my sense of humor is a bit overly-dry at times and I forget ( or I guess I should say that I overlook) that you can't see another person's expressions, etc. over the internet. So, sorry about that. But thanks for posting the steps here and for taking the time to give a full explanation.
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Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?0 -
Burt_Huttz wrote: »In some countries they use commas as the decimal mark, so this isn't as strange as it may sound.
Agreed. New York is part of England isn't it?
England uses decimal points, not commas.
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kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Let's not leap to the conclusion that OP isn't actually trying to gain 17 pounds and didn't find the goal set-up confusing0 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Are you seeing double? There is only one of him.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »I could understand if your European and using a american scale.
Europeans seem to write numbers like 1.000,00 while everyone else seems to write 1,000.00, I dislike it when trying to use excel, treating it as text instead of a number
Europeans write numbers the same as everyone else
thousand is 1,000 and one and a half is 1.5
Not sure where the idea of European and American scales has come from
Because on the continent we use the comma as the decimal separator. Etc...
England is wierd.
I love this map so much!
I switch back and forth a lot as most Spanish-speaking countries use commas instead of decimal points, but I wasn't aware of the full extent of the issue.
ETA: on second glance...I'm not sure that Central America is entirely correct. Hmmm.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Are you seeing double? There is only one of him.
If you are referring to Kelly using they're in that sentence... She is grammatically correct. Well to a degree in third person. I knew what she meant.
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kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Lol girllll I was using 125 as a example weight that's not my weight lol
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barbecuesauce wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Let's not leap to the conclusion that OP isn't actually trying to gain 17 pounds and didn't find the goal set-up confusing
Everyone needs to chill it was just a example weight I typed that's not my weight lol
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So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000 That's how I've always written figures. Didn't realise there was another way.
As for the dumb and dumber references.... I often wonder how I come across on forums such as this one. I'm hopeless at explaining my thoughts or what I mean when I have to write it down. I'm so much better at face to face communication.
Plus Americans spell words differently than the rest of us, so it probably looks like I have plenty of spelling errors.
Me- Socialise== socialize
Humour== Humor
Centre==center0 -
Hey everyone I don't have eating disorder or anything like that I typed 125 and all that as a example weight I'm 139.8 and wanna get down to to like 124 or 125 when I quit smoking cold turkey like last year I gained a ton of weight and this is MY body and I know what 125 looks on me and it's the perfect weight the last thing that needs fixing in my life is my weight everything else is beautiful and and I'm happy but I'm not attacking anyone or throwing shade at all but I find when I tell anyone or post stuff about my goal weight EVERYONE and their mother has something to say this is my journey in the future if I wanna tone up or work at a different goal and gain muscle I will but this is MY weight loss journey And it's nobodyssss placeeeeee to say anything At all.0
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butterflyangelxo wrote: »Hey everyone I don't have eating disorder or anything like that I typed 125 and all that as a example weight I'm 139.8 and wanna get down to to like 124 or 125 when I quit smoking cold turkey like last year I gained a ton of weight and this is MY body and I know what 125 looks on me and it's the perfect weight the last thing that needs fixing in my life is my weight everything else is beautiful and and I'm happy but I'm not attacking anyone or throwing shade at all but I find when I tell anyone or post stuff about my goal weight EVERYONE and their mother has something to say this is my journey in the future if I wanna tone up or work at a different goal and gain muscle I will but this is MY weight loss journey And it's nobodyssss placeeeeee to say anything At all.
Unless you're shorter than the average American male, that goal might be in the underweight range.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »butterflyangelxo wrote: »Hey everyone I don't have eating disorder or anything like that I typed 125 and all that as a example weight I'm 139.8 and wanna get down to to like 124 or 125 when I quit smoking cold turkey like last year I gained a ton of weight and this is MY body and I know what 125 looks on me and it's the perfect weight the last thing that needs fixing in my life is my weight everything else is beautiful and and I'm happy but I'm not attacking anyone or throwing shade at all but I find when I tell anyone or post stuff about my goal weight EVERYONE and their mother has something to say this is my journey in the future if I wanna tone up or work at a different goal and gain muscle I will but this is MY weight loss journey And it's nobodyssss placeeeeee to say anything At all.
Unless you're shorter than the average American male, that goal might be in the underweight range.
yeah I was thinking the same. I'm 5"8 and my goal weight is 132lbs
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In the world, excluding the North American Continent, the comma (,) is used to separate integers from the decimal fraction part of numbers and the period (.) is used to separate the integer portion of the numbers into multiples of 10^3 (1000); so, the question, if from one raised outside North America (NA), isn't strange or represent an uneducated person. [Also, those same people (raised outside NA) use grams, kilograms, etc., rather than pounds and ounces--except, it appears, in Great Britain, where they use Stones, pounds, etc.]
On the other hand, how can so many folks, who have been raised in North America, think the numerals to the right of the period represents ounces rather than decimal pounds? Has the NA education system deteriorated that far?
The UK does it the proper way too - it's not called a decimal comma after all!
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Has anyone looked at their profile?
125.6 & wants to lose 17 more pounds & they're a 22 year old male?
Are you seeing double? There is only one of him.
If you are referring to Kelly using they're in that sentence... She is grammatically correct. Well to a degree in third person. I knew what she meant.
It is never correct to use the third person plural to talk about one single individual.
It is also strange and confusing.
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christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
Wouldn't that be "among," not "between"? Doesn't "between" indicate only two choices, while "among" means more than two?
I suppose I could be wrong but that's the way I always learned it.
Interesting discussion.
And yes, I would say pretty much anyone you ask will tell you that there are variations in spelling among various English speakers depending upon the country (generally).
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
]I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
phew!
The annoying thing is that spell check corrects things to the American spelling... Our English/grammar teachers are fighting a losing battle trying to "unamericanise" our kids.
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
Wouldn't that be "among," not "between"? Doesn't "between" indicate only two choices, while "among" means more than two?
I suppose I could be wrong but that's the way I always learned it.
Interesting discussion.
And yes, I would say pretty much anyone you ask will tell you that there are variations in spelling among various English speakers depending upon the country (generally).
lol stop it you! :bigsmile: we're not in English class now
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christinev297 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
]I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
phew!
The annoying thing is that spell check corrects things to the American spelling... Our English/grammar teachers are fighting a losing battle trying to "unamericanise" our kids.
Well, yes, for American-based or primarily American-populated sites, I'm guessing, correct?
My Canadian boss always tells me it's fine that I'm not able to write proper English since I'm writing to an American audience, so he's willing to give me a pass, LOL.
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christinev297 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
]I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
phew!
The annoying thing is that spell check corrects things to the American spelling... Our English/grammar teachers are fighting a losing battle trying to "unamericanise" our kids.
Well, yes, for American-based or primarily American-populated sites, I'm guessing, correct?
My Canadian boss always tells me it's fine that I'm not able to write proper English since I'm writing to an American audience, so he's willing to give me a pass, LOL.
Nope. It doesn't matter. My phone speaks American all the time lol
jeez is your boss arrogant much!
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christinev297 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
]I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
phew!
The annoying thing is that spell check corrects things to the American spelling... Our English/grammar teachers are fighting a losing battle trying to "unamericanise" our kids.
Well, yes, for American-based or primarily American-populated sites, I'm guessing, correct?
My Canadian boss always tells me it's fine that I'm not able to write proper English since I'm writing to an American audience, so he's willing to give me a pass, LOL.
Nope. It doesn't matter. My phone speaks American all the time lol
jeez is your boss arrogant much!
Oh no, he's just needling me; he loves me, LOL. He'd better for what I'm accepting in pay!
Re: "phone speaks American," LOL!!!!!! My Spellcheck barely speaks English (and corrects me incorrectly half the time) so your phone is ahead of my electronics, anyway.
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Hehe Touche'
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
India is fun! And despite using English (in addition to Hindi and dozens of additional languages) the number "100,000" (one hundred thousand in American / English) is written as 1,00,000
(deliberately left off the period ending my sentence to avoid confusion, for your grammarians )
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »christinev297 wrote: »So writing like this isn't the norm everywhere?
100,000 or 20,000,000
It is in the English-speaking world, but not everywhere.
I hope that most people realize that there are small spelling differences between different varieties of English. I can easily tell that you are Australian by the way that you write.
India is fun! And despite using English (in addition to Hindi and dozens of additional languages) the number "100,000" (one hundred thousand in American / English) is written as 1,00,000
(deliberately left off the period ending my sentence to avoid confusion, for your grammarians )
oh my. That would be confusing. If you hadn't explained I would have assumed the author put the commas in the wrong spots...
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(deliberately left off the period ending my sentence to avoid confusion, for your grammarians )
Why does "grammarians" always sound like some futuristic underground race that has grown gills? Attack of the Grammarians! And then after they've lost the battle: Revenge of the Grammarians!
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(deliberately left off the period ending my sentence to avoid confusion, for your grammarians )
Why does "grammarians" always sound like some futuristic underground race that has grown gills? Attack of the Grammarians! And then after they've lost the battle: Revenge of the Grammarians!
Shhh! They don't like it when you expose their true selves. God help us all, now!0
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