Actually, I think the guy almost had her understanding, and then he starting talking about 1/1000th of a cent, and stuff like that, and at that point I think it starts getting fuzzy for a lot of people.
He had her at:
"What would you write for 1 cent?"
"0.01 dollars"
"And for half a cent?" (Here I would've said 0.5 cents)
"0.005 dollars"
And then he went into the 1/1000th of a cent stuff that I figured would confuse her more. Where he should've gone was:
"So what is 0.2 cents?"
"0.002 dollars" (She figured out 0.5 cents, she should get this one)
"So what is 0.002 cents?"
Here she would have to agree that it can't be 0.002 dollars, since 0.2 cents is 0.002 dollars. Who knows, though, these people were awful thick.
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