Math is harder for girls

[alphatarget1]

This is probably more P&N... But I think the OT crowd would have a field day with this.

Flame away

Please don't flame me, I'm only the messenger!

 

[olds]

Now, where is that thread on how chicks have caught up to guys...?

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2210717&enterthread=y

 

[KaOTiK]

Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

 

[alphatarget1]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Now, where is that thread on how chicks have caught up to guys...?

I think there are plenty of smart women that are dumbed down by the societies' expectations of them... With that said, a lot of girls go to school (university) to major in education, which is quite possibly the biggest joke as a major ever.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Now, where is that thread on how chicks have caught up to guys...?

I think there are plenty of smart women that are dumbed down by the societies' expectations of them... With that said, a lot of girls go to school (university) to major in education, which is quite possibly the biggest joke as a major ever.

"communications"

(Asians, however, showed a very slight skew toward females above the 99th percentile, while there were too few Hispanics and blacks scoring above even the 95th percentile to compute their gender ratios.)

uh oh

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

i will see your anecdote:

one day at law school we were doing some math (for some reason or another, don't know why). the questions involved dividing 37,360,000 by 10. one of the male members of the group decided that was too hard for him, and assigned the result a symbol, M.

Originally posted by: OdiN


Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

how hard is it to leave $7 on the table?

 

[Vehemence]

It doesn't require very much math to be able to cook and clean, really

 

[RESmonkey]

It's a biological thing; men are more capable to exceed in math/physics/stuff that matters.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

i will see your anecdote:

one day at law school we were doing some math (for some reason or another, don't know why). the questions involved dividing 37,360,000 by 10. one of the male members of the group decided that was too hard for him, and assigned the result a symbol, M.

Originally posted by: OdiN


Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

how hard is it to leave $7 on the table?

What does leaving $7 on a table have to do with dividing $27.63 by 4?

 

[PeanutButter]

28.00, which is sometimes close to 27.63, divided by 4 is 7.

 

[olds]

This is sad but no matter how many times I show her, my daughter can't figure 10% of a number.
She couldn't do 10% of 100 without a calculator.

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: PeanutButter
28.00, which is sometimes close to 27.63, divided by 4 is 7.

Notice that I didn't ask him to divide $28 by 4 in his head.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: OdiN

What does leaving $7 on a table have to do with dividing $27.63 by 4?

who doesn't round at a restaurant?

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: PeanutButter
28.00, which is sometimes close to 27.63, divided by 4 is 7.

This. When it's a waitress you just leave the 37 cents change...

 

[Row1and]

who let all those women that got tested out of the kitchen?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

you mean subtracting (spending) money?

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: OdiN

What does leaving $7 on a table have to do with dividing $27.63 by 4?

who doesn't round at a restaurant?

It doesn't seem like it was a place you would tip at.

But if we want nice even numbers:

Divide $273,770 by 4.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

Round to nearest whole number (28), divide (7), then deduct difference in change (37), divide by 4 (6.9). You end up with $27.6, a bit off, but it works. Ok, I checked with a calculator...

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: PeanutButter
28.00, which is sometimes close to 27.63, divided by 4 is 7.

well... pizza hut you have to pay at the register when at the lunchtime buffet. We all knew it was going to be roughly $7/person, but to get that taken care of so each person could pay on their own. We would have just totaled together that much, but none of us had the exact change to throw together.

But really, with a calculator right at hand (which there was), it's far from difficult to put in the bill, and split it up based on who ordered what (not everyone ordered drinks, so costs would have been different). I don't expect someone to do that much in their head, although it's far from challenging.

But math, for me, is a visual thing and I can visualize what I need to do (when I'm doing math in my head, get out of the way because I'm usually moving my hands either in the air or against a flat surface in ways that let me visualize my calculations).

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

Easy, 6.85 or something.

(totally in head, really fast, totally close to accurate, enough that you ould round to 6.9 or something)

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: OdiN

What does leaving $7 on a table have to do with dividing $27.63 by 4?

who doesn't round at a restaurant?

It doesn't seem like it was a place you would tip at.

But if we want nice even numbers:

Divide $273,770 by 4.

You don't tip Pizza Hut Waitresses? They get the same crappy waitress pay and do the same waitress job.

 

[PeanutButter]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: OdiN

What does leaving $7 on a table have to do with dividing $27.63 by 4?

who doesn't round at a restaurant?

It doesn't seem like it was a place you would tip at.

But if we want nice even numbers:

Divide $273,770 by 4.

When $273,770 is at stake, I would hope to Jeebus that the math would not be done mentally.

 

[Taejin]

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: KaOTiK
Lies, when money is involved they are brilliant at math

HA. Lies.

Was at Pizza Hut one day. Had a bill that was like 27 or so, and we wanted to have it split 4 ways, because none of us had the cash on us to cover it total, unless one wanted to use a credit card. The girl was like "I don't know how to do that... can you? I'm not so good at math". When we walked out we busted up laughing.

Could you honestly divide something like $27.63 by 4 in your head on the fly?

Of course, she should have had a calculator available.

uh..yes. I just calculated it to be 6 + 0.75 + 0.15 and 3 cents left over. So everyone pays 6.80 + 1 cent except for 1 person...