During that same math class, my teacher was trying to explain how to figure out if something was (for example) 120% of an original amount.  She explained that if we were in a business and needed to mark-up an item to make a profit, we have to take our cost and multiply it by something [...]

My sons are serious sports nuts!  Every time I turn around, they are watching some kind of sport on television, or reading the sports page of the paper, or browsing the Internet for something sports related.  My oldest son has joined an Internet forum at www.addictsports.com about sports picks; he says you can use it [...]

When I was still in high school, I had to take math classes, which I hated.  One of the classes (I can’t remember which one) the teacher was telling us how to figure out the final cost of something that is on sale at the store at 40% off.  The teacher said to take the [...]