This may help further understand decimals because people use money
every day:
You use decimals every day with money. Let $1 be 1. $0.10 is ten
cents which is one tenth of a dollar. $0.01 is one cent which is one
hundredth of a dollar. $0.25 is 25% of a dollar, or one quarter of a
dollar, or 1/4 of a dollar.
I know that many people know this information already, but given a
number of past posts to two lists and some current ones, many people
do not understand that medications can come in concentrations, or what
concentrations are and how they matter when comparing doses and prices.
Also, there are those out there who get all upset by decimals and then
got themselves confused, even though they do use them every day when
they handle money, just like people use fractions each day -- again
with money (a quarter, for example) and with cooking (1/3 cup, for
example) and time keeping (a half hour, for example) and sewing and
carpentry and loads more -- yet get all upset and as a result get
confused when they are mentioned in relation to medications.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/http://ferrethealth.org/archive/http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.htmlhttp://www.miamiferret.org/http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/http://www.ferretcongress.org/http://www.trifl.org/index.shtmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
"All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow."
(2010, Steve Crandall)
On change for its own sake: "You can go really fast if you just jump
off the cliff." (2010, Steve Crandall)
[Posted in FML 6979]
