Pennies
The bank we use has a "change request form" for businesses to use. There's a grid for bills and a grid for coins, each with their own subtotal box, and a grand total box at the bottom.
In the coin request box, they have a column for "number of rolls" and a column for "dollar amount." So, for quarters I might list 3 rolls, $30. For dimes, 2 rolls, $10.
For pennies, I often request 4 rolls, $2. For some bizarre reason, the bank tellers are often confused, and I have no idea why. It's their form! They're used to dealing with rolls of coin!
But time and time again, I've had tellers pause when they get to the pennies, as they try to figure out how many rolls to give me. (Here's a hint: Look at the number in the "number of rolls" column!)
Once I even had a teller think that I gave her too much money, because she looked at the dollar amount and thought that was the number of rolls.
posted by mamurd @ 9:29 PM
2 Comments:
Have patience. You have exceptional ability in mathematics.
Most people struggle with simple arithmetic. I will hypothesize several reasons for this. When they are in school, many children struggle with math problems and, without enough support from parents and teachers, they give up and tell themselves, “I’m no good at math.” And it is hard for the teachers to teach math, to make it exciting and interesting. It is a mental challenge that does not have the visual, aural, and physical appeal of other teenage activities such as shopping at the mall, playing video games (developed by math whiz kids), watching TV and movies (using technologies developed by math whiz kids), learning to drive cars (designed by math whiz kids), learning to dance, playing sports, making music, and listening to music (on machines developed by math whiz kids).
Yes, but they're not really doing math. They just have to read the form.
And it's their form!
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