You're right she'll probably have to wait until the third grade and find
someone much smarter than her dad to explain it. 

>>>
If you're serious, this pdf could be what you're looking for.  Although,

I think the concepts might be a little over a 4 year old's head.  But, 
hey, I don't know your daughter.  Maybe she's the next Doogie.  :)

If she can explain this pdf to me, I'd be all ears!

http://www.validlab.com/goldberg/paper.pdf

Ken Ketsdever wrote:
> I really want to find out how this works so I teach my 4 year old so
> when she gets into first grade in a couple of years and her teacher
asks
> "ok class what is 3 * 12.95"  she can say its 38.849999994 and then
> prove her answer to the befuddled teacher. 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:44 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: stupid Javascript question
> 
> LOL...Jim?
> 
> Something about floating point math, blah blah.
> 
> Sad thing is, I have a BS in math.  That was a long time ago, though,
I 
> can't remember any of it, or why the hell I chose Math as my major at 
> this point in my life.  Guess I needed the challenge.  Thank god I got

> over that!
> 
> Ken Ketsdever wrote:
> 
>>It's been along time since I took any math courses and I never made it
>>into advanced math courses so can someone please explain to me how 3 *
>>12.95 could possibly equal 38.84999999999994?  
>>
>>It doesn't seem to add up to me
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:35 PM
>>To: CF-Community
>>Subject: stupid Javascript question
>>
>>I am trimming this question down to the nitty gritty for simplicity's
>>sake:
>>
>>Why does this javascript:
>>
>>var price = 3 * 12.95;
>>
>>give me this result:
>>
>>38.849999999999994
>>
>>?
>>
>>God I hate javascript.
>>
>>Ray
>>
>>
> 
> 

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