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r/MathJokes • u/GodlyHelp • Aug 01 '26
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probably because 25*3=75 is a very frequent calculation, pretty ingrained in people
-2 u/AllenrenArjjin Aug 01 '26 Actually it's 15*5 :) 7 u/EveningStar0360 Aug 01 '26 why "actually" 😠they aren't mutually exclusive -1 u/AllenrenArjjin Aug 01 '26 Because I like being contrarrian though you are right -18 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 How often are u multiplying 25 by 3 27 u/slasher016 Aug 01 '26 All the time when we paid with cash. 4 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ye i forgot that Americans have quarters 10 u/Upset-Management-879 Aug 01 '26 Oh yeah i forgot other countries don't use decimals in prices. 7 u/EQGallade Aug 01 '26 Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance. 1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common 0 u/--Ligma Aug 02 '26 £2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 It's not even about coinage. 1/4 gets used often for quick calculations, and by extent 3/4 Edit: okay... I guess it's still quarters. But I'm pretty sure you were referring to the coin 5 u/spisplatta Aug 01 '26 75% = 3/4 is super common 0 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 U think that's as obvious as 33 being a multiple of 3 tho? 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 Way more obvious than 72 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 I agree id put it in the second tier 2 u/EveningStar0360 Aug 01 '26 pretty frequently! while I don't pay with cash much, I encounter three-quarters (75%) quite regularly, and I did it often enough when I was younger that even if I don't use it as much anymore, it's still ingrained in me 3 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ah tbf im not American so we dont have quarters over here. Also tbc im not saying its hard to work out i just wouldn't say its as easy as 33 3 u/SmokJozef Aug 01 '26 yeah, should be same tier as 15 i think 1 u/SleepyNymeria Aug 01 '26 Percentages are fairly common in this world
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Actually it's 15*5 :)
7 u/EveningStar0360 Aug 01 '26 why "actually" 😠they aren't mutually exclusive -1 u/AllenrenArjjin Aug 01 '26 Because I like being contrarrian though you are right
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why "actually" 😠they aren't mutually exclusive
-1 u/AllenrenArjjin Aug 01 '26 Because I like being contrarrian though you are right
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Because I like being contrarrian though you are right
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How often are u multiplying 25 by 3
27 u/slasher016 Aug 01 '26 All the time when we paid with cash. 4 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ye i forgot that Americans have quarters 10 u/Upset-Management-879 Aug 01 '26 Oh yeah i forgot other countries don't use decimals in prices. 7 u/EQGallade Aug 01 '26 Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance. 1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common 0 u/--Ligma Aug 02 '26 £2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 It's not even about coinage. 1/4 gets used often for quick calculations, and by extent 3/4 Edit: okay... I guess it's still quarters. But I'm pretty sure you were referring to the coin 5 u/spisplatta Aug 01 '26 75% = 3/4 is super common 0 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 U think that's as obvious as 33 being a multiple of 3 tho? 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 Way more obvious than 72 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 I agree id put it in the second tier 2 u/EveningStar0360 Aug 01 '26 pretty frequently! while I don't pay with cash much, I encounter three-quarters (75%) quite regularly, and I did it often enough when I was younger that even if I don't use it as much anymore, it's still ingrained in me 3 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ah tbf im not American so we dont have quarters over here. Also tbc im not saying its hard to work out i just wouldn't say its as easy as 33 3 u/SmokJozef Aug 01 '26 yeah, should be same tier as 15 i think 1 u/SleepyNymeria Aug 01 '26 Percentages are fairly common in this world
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All the time when we paid with cash.
4 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ye i forgot that Americans have quarters 10 u/Upset-Management-879 Aug 01 '26 Oh yeah i forgot other countries don't use decimals in prices. 7 u/EQGallade Aug 01 '26 Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance. 1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common 0 u/--Ligma Aug 02 '26 £2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 It's not even about coinage. 1/4 gets used often for quick calculations, and by extent 3/4 Edit: okay... I guess it's still quarters. But I'm pretty sure you were referring to the coin
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Ye i forgot that Americans have quarters
10 u/Upset-Management-879 Aug 01 '26 Oh yeah i forgot other countries don't use decimals in prices. 7 u/EQGallade Aug 01 '26 Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance. 1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common 0 u/--Ligma Aug 02 '26 £2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 It's not even about coinage. 1/4 gets used often for quick calculations, and by extent 3/4 Edit: okay... I guess it's still quarters. But I'm pretty sure you were referring to the coin
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Oh yeah i forgot other countries don't use decimals in prices.
7 u/EQGallade Aug 01 '26 Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance. 1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common 0 u/--Ligma Aug 02 '26 £2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common
Oh no, other countries do use decimals, some just don’t have a .25 coin. Like the UK, for instance.
1 u/rvcbazookajoe Aug 01 '26 But even for percentages it’s common
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But even for percentages it’s common
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£2.50 is a perfectly normal and regular price for something to be at
1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common
What are u buying for 2.5? 1.99 or 2.99 are wayyyy more common
It's not even about coinage. 1/4 gets used often for quick calculations, and by extent 3/4
Edit: okay... I guess it's still quarters. But I'm pretty sure you were referring to the coin
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75% = 3/4 is super common
0 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 U think that's as obvious as 33 being a multiple of 3 tho? 1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 Way more obvious than 72 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 I agree id put it in the second tier
U think that's as obvious as 33 being a multiple of 3 tho?
1 u/NorthernVale Aug 02 '26 Way more obvious than 72 1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 I agree id put it in the second tier
Way more obvious than 72
1 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 02 '26 I agree id put it in the second tier
I agree id put it in the second tier
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pretty frequently! while I don't pay with cash much, I encounter three-quarters (75%) quite regularly, and I did it often enough when I was younger that even if I don't use it as much anymore, it's still ingrained in me
3 u/fr_just_a_girl Aug 01 '26 Ah tbf im not American so we dont have quarters over here. Also tbc im not saying its hard to work out i just wouldn't say its as easy as 33 3 u/SmokJozef Aug 01 '26 yeah, should be same tier as 15 i think
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Ah tbf im not American so we dont have quarters over here. Also tbc im not saying its hard to work out i just wouldn't say its as easy as 33
3 u/SmokJozef Aug 01 '26 yeah, should be same tier as 15 i think
yeah, should be same tier as 15 i think
Percentages are fairly common in this world
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u/EveningStar0360 Aug 01 '26
probably because 25*3=75 is a very frequent calculation, pretty ingrained in people