Sourav Satvaya to [email protected] • 6 months agoAnd guess what, that works.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1862
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•6 months agoWeirdly, my brain went through those numbers as “20, 22, 5, 3, 2.”
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoHow is that “weird”? That’s just good numeracy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•6 months agoI got through a bunch of them fine, then the $3.99 tripped me up.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-26 months agoHa! That’s what they want. Now add the sales tax. And don’t forget about bag fees and to tip Tippy.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoMaybe because your brain wanted 5+3+2=10 instead of 5+4+2=11 ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months ago20+22+5+3=50 vs 20+22+5+4=51, since I was going left to right, but it works.
Weirdly, my brain went through those numbers as “20, 22, 5, 3, 2.”
How is that “weird”? That’s just good numeracy.
I got through a bunch of them fine, then the $3.99 tripped me up.
Ha! That’s what they want.
Now add the sales tax. And don’t forget about bag fees and to tip Tippy.
We don’t have any of those things here.
So they did get you at 3.99 -> 3!
Maybe because your brain wanted 5+3+2=10 instead of 5+4+2=11 ?
20+22+5+3=50 vs 20+22+5+4=51, since I was going left to right, but it works.