@mattyglesias We love our family-friendly Queens coop: a huge courtyard for our young kids to play, neighbors for them to play with, and shared financial and logistical responsibility when a boiler breaks or a washing machine wears out.
Q: How are you planning to vote on Florida's abortion referendum?
TRUMP: Uh, I'm going to announce that. I'm gonna actually have a press conference on that at some point in the near future, so I don't want to tell you now.
lol the pediatrician is just now billing for a visit from Nov 2022. Apparently we owe $1295 (doctor tweezed a piece of plastic toddler had shoved up his nose).
@hilarym99@missmulrooney 2/3(a) ≠ 4/6(b) if a ≠ b. That’s a good point! But 2/3 always = 4/6 because multiplying a number by 1 (here in the form of 2/2) doesn’t change its value! You are right to judge this shitty problem! Gahh I’m really on a tear now!
@hilarym99@missmulrooney A valid concept that can be taught without promoting incorrect numerical reasoning—say, analyze an image of 2/3 of a large cake vs 4/6 of a smaller cake. That helps draw attention to size of the whole and lays the correct foundation for fraction multiplication.
@hilarym99@missmulrooney This is probably the intention, but it’s totally misguided. Like saying 2 is not always equivalent to 1 + 1 because 2 twenty-dollar bills ≠ 1 fifty-dollar bill + 1 fifty-dollar bill. 2x ≠ 2y if x ≠ y, but 2 still = 2. Fractions are real numbers and behave no differently.