On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2017-09-19, Jan Erik =?utf-8?q?Mostr=C3=B6m?= <li...@mostrom.pp.se> > wrote: > > > And I'm amazed how often I see people trying to calculate > > > > change = sum handed over - cost > > > > and then trying to figure out what bills/coins should be returned > > instead of doing the simple thing of just adding to the cost. > > When I was a kid, making change like that was something we were all > taught in school. I have a feeling that's been dropped from most > curricula. > > -- > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! MMM-MM!! So THIS > is > at BIO-NEBULATION! > gmail.com > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Not sure about the most recent decade, but back when I was in elementary school(1995-2001-ish), we definitely still learned math through how to make change. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
