Jumping back in for just a second or two…

re: #88 freetoken

Just last week at the store I was observing two young (20-ish) women struggling to figure out how much 4 pounds of oranges at 98 cents/lb were going to cost them. It broke my heart.

I think this is where rote learning fails people. This equation (4*$0.98) is a bit more difficult and time consuming to figure than this one ($1.00-$0.08)+$3.00.