• @rescue_toaster@lemm.ee
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    295 months ago

    As someone that grades undergraduates, I’m happy that they not use the letter “x” to imply multiplication.

    • @credo@lemmy.world
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      85 months ago

      I don’t understand why we teach that to children, just to turn around and tell them not to do it a few years later.

      • @davidgro@lemmy.world
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        75 months ago

        I suppose kids aren’t great at centering a dot. But they could draw a six pointed * as easily as an x, it’s one more line.