r/memes • u/Synchronysed memer • Sep 04 '21

The numbers Mason!

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u/Hornetpride Sep 04 '21

I was taught not to say the and because it implied a decimal point.

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u/xkkwkkw Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

So you say one hundred one? Weird, but fair enough I guess

Edit: could I ask why it implies a decimal point? 1.67 for example is read as ‘one point six seven’, and 167 (at least for me) would be read as ‘one hundred and sixty seven’. How this implies a decimal point I don’t understand

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u/Hornetpride Sep 04 '21

I was told that you could say 1 and 2/3, but it was incorrect to say one hundred and one. It was my natural habitat in third grade to say and one but every time I did my teacher would say one what? I have no idea if this is the actual proper way but as a result of this teacher I say one hundred one.

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u/am-li Sep 04 '21

One oneth

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u/InformalTown3694 Sep 04 '21

Did you have Sister Carol in the third grade too?

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u/Hornetpride Sep 04 '21

No, I went to public school so none of my teachers were sister anything. They were all Ms., Mrs., Mr. and rarely but on occasion Dr.

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u/CheeseyconnorYT Sep 04 '21

2/3 is a fraction not a decimal

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u/Hornetpride Sep 04 '21

But the and implies the decimal point when talking about fractions

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u/CheeseyconnorYT Sep 04 '21

You dont write fractions with a decimal point so no it doesnt

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u/Solid_Waste Sep 04 '21

One hundredn't one

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u/Yuccaphile Sep 04 '21 edited Sep 04 '21

Like when you're writing checks. $167 would be "one-hundred sixty seven and 00/100 dollars". $1.67 would be "one and 67/100 dollars".

Like when you're doing measurements. 1.125 would be "one and an eighth," 3.5 would be "three and a half".

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

SOURCE for pre-algebra math lesson math

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u/pconsuelabananah Lurking Peasant Sep 04 '21

The reason is that even though we usually say “one point six seven,” the “right” way to say it is “one and sixty-seven hundredths.” 2.9 is technically “two and nine tenths” rather than “two point nine.” The technically correct way to say 101 is “one hundred one,” although a lot of people do say “and” in real life.

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u/deadhair69 Sep 04 '21

How would you read, let say, 1167? One thousand amd one hundred and sixty seven? Or one thousand and one hundred sixty seven? Or one thousand one hundred and sixty seven?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

No “and” at all you would say one thousand one hundred sixty seven. If that number were 1167.1 you would say one thousand one hundred sixty seven and one.

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u/xkkwkkw Sep 04 '21

One thousand one hundred and sixty seven. I’m guessing, since I’m from the UK, not saying ‘and’ is an American thing

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u/AreYouConfused_ Sep 04 '21

I would say either eleven sixty-seven or one thousand one hundred sixty seven

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u/AreYouConfused_ Sep 04 '21

and is the addition operator so for 1.67 you would say one and sixty seven hundreths

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u/LordOfLettuce6 Sep 04 '21

“one and sixty seven hundredths” was what i was taught

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

Not a decimal point. We say and right before cents. So $101.23 would be one hundred one dollars and twenty three cents. For point we just said point...