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Old 05-09-2020, 05:09 PM
 
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Reading comprehension problems?
You got me. 800,000 million would be 800,000,000,000. Like ten million would be 10,000,000 I don’t know much about a lot of humanities subjects and I won’t notice people making up historical data, but you can’t just invent new math. Techies notice that for sure. What number were you trying to convey?
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Old 05-09-2020, 05:17 PM
 
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Reading comprehension problems?
No. You said "The state was projecting an 800,000 million dollar surplus "

1 million dollars = $1,000,000 = one million dollars
10 million dollars = $10,000,000 = ten million dollars
800,000 million dollars = $800,000,000,000 = eight hundred billion dollars

Maybe math wasn't your strong suit...it's ok...

Maybe this link will help:

https://number-word.calculators.ro/n...r=800000000000
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Old 05-09-2020, 05:25 PM
 
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Also I’m not sure what innumeracy has to do with politics. This thread posed a fairly interesting question before it all took a turn for the weird.
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Old 05-09-2020, 05:33 PM
 
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Once people start having passionate discussions about math, all is lost.
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Old 05-09-2020, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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Once people start having passionate discussions about math, all is lost.
The one questioning the math has totally different math, for the virus survival rate, anyway.
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Old 05-09-2020, 05:46 PM
 
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Once people start having passionate discussions about math, all is lost.
I just noticed that he likely didn't realize what he said was wrong, so I'm just trying to help him out.
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Old 05-09-2020, 06:09 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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I just noticed that he likely didn't realize what he said was wrong, so I'm just trying to help him out.
You said he posted 800 billion...and your survival rate % has been wrong.
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Old 05-09-2020, 06:30 PM
 
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What exactly do you think 800,000 million is?
Just as five dozen is 5 x 12, 800000 million is 800,000 times a million. Ok, with me so far?
That would make it 800,000,000,000.
Which is 800 billion.
Right?
Nine zeros is still a billion right? Please stop trying to destroy my faith in the American educational system.
Milliard, if you’re old fashioned, I guess, but still.
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Old 05-09-2020, 06:33 PM
 
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What exactly do you think 800,000 million is?
Just as five dozen is 5 x 12, 800000 million is 800,000 times a million. Ok, with me so far?
That would make it 800,000,000,000.
Which is 800 billion.
Right?
Nine zeros is still a billion right? Please stop trying to destroy my faith in the American educational system.
Milliard, if you’re old fashioned, I guess, but still.
logic, facts, and math are really really hard for these guys...
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Old 05-09-2020, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Downtown Cranberry Twp.
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What exactly do you think 800,000 million is?
Just as five dozen is 5 x 12, 800000 million is 800,000 times a million. Ok, with me so far?
That would make it 800,000,000,000.
Which is 800 billion.
Right?
Nine zeros is still a billion right? Please stop trying to destroy my faith in the American educational system.
Milliard, if you’re old fashioned, I guess, but still.
I thought it was pretty clear he meant 800 million rather than 800,000 billion, since 800,000 million is pretty ridiculous.
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