On 06/06/2011 04:27 PM, Darren New wrote:

> We're in a store. We're buying something that's $20, but 60% off. The
> clerk is taking *minutes* to try to figure out the price. She finally
> digs out a calculator, figures out the answer is 12, and then hopelessly
> says "But is that the discount, or the price?" My wife finally snaps and
> goes "It's 60%! It's more than half!"

Three words: Verizon math fail.

> So, yeah, I think you must have at some point memorized the
> multiplication tables and used them a bit to get a feeling for such things.

You don't need to memorise anything to be able to solve basic estimation 
problems. You just need to *have* a frigging clue.

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