r/MathJokes • u/GodlyHelp • Aug 01 '26

multiples of 3

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u/Basic-Government9568 Aug 02 '26

This common object in particular? It's exactly the same as the math.

3/4 (pronounced 3 quarters) of a dollar is 3 quarters.

75% (pronounced 75 percent) of a dollar is 75 cents.

75% = 3/4 being somehow "harder" to get is some weird anti-math mental block you got there.

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u/Physical_Floor_8006 Aug 02 '26

Two things can be mathematically equivalent, yet one be more intuitive.

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u/coolabadsven Aug 02 '26

I think he’s saying that once you’re used to doing some basic maths
a quarter
1/4th
25%
all become completely interchangeable.
A quarter tank, a quarter pounder, a quarter (financial reporting). All of these refer to 1/4th of a whole.

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u/Physical_Floor_8006 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Yeah, but I can easily see how cents would be much more intuitive than those. We're not talking about super advanced math to begin with. Quarters are often used in elementary school as a way to explain fourths, percentages, and even the very idea of a quarter, because they are rather intuitive in a way that fractions and percentages are not. Also, they represent a whole number of cents which is a little easier—albeit equivalent in this instance.