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Writing in Math

Have you ever ordered a single scoop of ice cream and gotten a cone with three scoops packed into it? It’s nice when the server has trouble with math. You ask about it, and the person says, “We want you to be 1000 percent satisfied.” That’s mathematically impossible. But when you taste the new pineapple and cherry flavor, it is 10 times better than any flavor you’ve ever had, so perhaps 100 percent satisfied times 10 will make you 1000 percent satisfied?

Math helps you quantify your world (a single-scoop ice cream cone) as well as qualify it (10 times better). And writing helps you think about math. This chapter shows how.