Decimal Odds

Famous quotes containing the words decimal and/or odds:

    It makes little sense to spend a month teaching decimal fractions to fourth-grade pupils when they can be taught in a week, and better understood and retained, by sixth-grade students. Child-centeredness does not mean lack of rigor or standards; it does mean finding the best match between curricula and children’s developing interests and abilities.
    David Elkind (20th century)

    A man can seldom—very, very, seldom—fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)