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    Can someone please explain this maths question..

    夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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      Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

      What you said is correct. In Germany for example they use the point and the comma in the opposite way people in America use them.

      So in Germany 10.000 is ten thousand, while in America 10.000 is ten.

      Likewise, in Germany 1,500 is one and a half, in America 1,500 is one thousand five hundred.

      So I'm thinking the quiz makers come from a country that use the same system like in Germany.
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        Damn.. the 10 in the answers was meant to be 1.0 but that ISN'T right anyway. It was my guess. (Could someone edit the post please?). I don't know how to add photos directly from my mobile but I took a screen shot of the question and answers. The right answer is definitely typed correctly.

        Originally posted by Dumuzi View Post
        What you said is correct. In Germany for example they use the point and the comma in the opposite way people in America use them.

        So in Germany 10.000 is ten thousand, while in America 10.000 is ten.

        Likewise, in Germany 1,500 is one and a half, in America 1,500 is one thousand five hundred.

        So I'm thinking the quiz makers come from a country that use the same system like in Germany.
        I think Line is a Japanese app. I knew about the German ' , ' but the fact that some answers used that while others used a '.' seems odd.
        夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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          Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

          Originally posted by Dumuzi View Post
          What you said is correct. In Germany for example they use the point and the comma in the opposite way people in America use them.

          So in Germany 10.000 is ten thousand, while in America 10.000 is ten.

          Likewise, in Germany 1,500 is one and a half, in America 1,500 is one thousand five hundred.

          So I'm thinking the quiz makers come from a country that use the same system like in Germany.
          Hah, I can't believe I forgot about that. Man, it's been almost 20 years since I moved to the US.

          Thanks for the confirmation on the theory.
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            Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

            Swapping those would mess me up...think I have a thousand bucks 1,000,and find it is only 1.000 dollar...darn metric system
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                can i buy a vowel?
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                  All I gots to say is:
                  MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

                  all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
                  NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
                  don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.




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                    Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

                    To put you out of your misery, Juni's second answer was right. If you swap the commas for points as in the German system, then 0,001 makes sense!

                    Hopefully there won't be any more stinkers like this again, but if so, I'll be sure to post again!

                    Thanks for figuring this out for me. It was hurting my head!
                    夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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                      Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

                      Originally posted by Jembru View Post
                      To put you out of your misery, Juni's second answer was right. If you swap the commas for points as in the German system, then 0,001 makes sense!

                      Hopefully there won't be any more stinkers like this again, but if so, I'll be sure to post again!

                      Thanks for figuring this out for me. It was hurting my head!
                      I was just going to suggest this! It's just a poor translation to the english version of the app haha.

                      I actually constantly have to correct decimals and commas in numbers when I proofread things. People here just don't know that they're the other way around in English!

                      If some of them used one decimal/comma system and others used the other, I wonder if they bought the data and just loaded it into the app? A lot of small app developers buy questions in packages from content creation agencies, and some of them don't review it before they load it.
                      Last edited by DanieMarie; 30 Jan 2017, 03:13.

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                        Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

                        Got a bit of a stinker tonight! How on earth do you work this out? I am guessing you have to work out the value of each number by a process of elimination, but my head is hurting from trying.

                        Anyone?
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                        夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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                          Never mind. I worked out the pattern and got it right!! I feel like such a smarty-pants right now!
                          夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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                            Re: Can someone please explain this maths question..

                            So post the answer..
                            MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED

                            all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
                            NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
                            don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.




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                            my new page here,let me know what you think.


                            nothing but the shadow of what was

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                              Originally posted by anunitu View Post
                              So post the answer..
                              I don't know how to post a spoiler bar on this forum so I'll PM you, otherwise it's not fair on anyone who wants to work it out for themselves!
                              夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?

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