Joe DiMaggio

In baseball, a players batting average is computed by dividing? the number of ‟base hits‟ he had by the number of ‟at bats‟ he had, and then rounding the quotient to three decimal places. In 1959 Hank Aaron led the National League in battling with 223 base hits in 629 at bats. What was his batting average that year?(use a calculator only)

Help with homework, please? I'm really confused on all of this, and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me. I'm home schooled and I have to basically teach myself, so it's not always easy for me. Anyways thanks ahead of time guys! In which area of the brain does mathematical processing mostly occur? a. amygdala b. frontal cortex c.left parietal lobe d.temporal lobe 2. Which of the following statements best demonstrates an attitude of self-efficacy when it comes to math? a I don't let calculus get me depressed because I'll never use it after I graduate. b I had problems with geometry, so I'll have to work a lot harder in trigonometry. c I don't need to worry about fractions and percentages because I have a calculator. d I wasn't very good at multiplication and division, so there's no way I'll understand algebra. 3. Which of the following is the mark of a math novice as compared with a math expert? a. waiting until a multipart problem is completed to check all the calculations memorizing the solution to each problem given in a lesson b. tackling a complex problem step-by-step rather than all at once c. identifying which mathematical principles are involved in solving a problem 4. When working on a complex, multipart problem, a successful math student will do all of the following except __________. a. make a diagram of the problem and develop a plan to clarify the procedures involved b. review preliminary calculations to confirm that they are reasonable c. skip intermediate steps to get to the final calculation more quickly d. read the problem carefully to ensure that the question is understood 5. Which of the following is a way that you would employ arithmetic in a real-world situation? a. comparing your teammates' batting averages to determine the batting order b. estimating how long it will take you to get from school to your soccer game c. choosing a grocery item based on a price-per-unit comparison d. calculating the height of a tree in your front yard 6. If you wanted to measure your backyard to see if there was enough room for a basketball court, which math function would you use? a. algebra b. geometry c. arithmetic d. calculus

Where do the profits, I mean donations from churches end up? This is something I have been wondering for a while now. I decided to get out the old calculator and do some calculations. For the purposes of this excercise, we will omit the wealthy 1% of the population. Also, we will omit all other religious divisions and focus on the big one, Christianity. Middle class income averages 24k-35k per year If your following the teachings of JC and other "bible scholars" 10% is the amount you should "tithe" Say the average is 30k, well 10% of 30k is 3k For the sake of making this point fairly obvious we will do 2 things. 1. Assume that everyone in the middle class belonging to a church will donate (which I know is a broad assumption). 2. Assume that everyone in the middle class gives about 5% or half what is "required". So $1500.00 per person per year. Well right off the bat this seems like a bit of an investment, after all my water bill for a year is about $1200.00 so already it would be more expensive to believe in a "god" that it is to get water. But thats just one person you say? Yeah just one person. Lets use a very conservative number like 1 million christians tithe 5% of their income every year. So, $1500.00 x 1,000,000 = 1,500,000,000.......... wait wait wait. Am I calculating this right, 1.5 billion? So 1.5 billion dollars of tax free money is "tithed" to churches every year? With my estimates only having 1 million christians tithing only 5% of the yearly income.... Honestly, I had not done any calculations prior to typing this question. I am now speechless and dumbfounded at how corrupt religion really is. I thought it was odd that 10-50 million dollar "houses of god" spring up daily around the country. In response to the first two answers received, why is it corrupt? Well, with my considerably underestimated estimate, this means that given our current economic crisis, 1.5 billion dollars worth of tax could be seen as a good thing. The second response, 40% to Africa? Really? Seems like that is a far cry from helping out our country. If you wanted to end suffering in the world why dont you start by recognizing that it is religion that created it in the first place. The third response, Yes, it costs money to run a house of god, as we all know "faith" wont pay the bills. In my own city I witnessed the construction of a 13.5 million dollar church building no more than 10 miles from the homeless shelter and soup kitchen that is practically bankrupt. Yes, televangelists do make millions because of the blind stupidity of others, but oddly enough they are still at the forefront of christianity. They can sleep at night knowing that "faith" or "blind stupidity" will hold it all together for them, and since the way they operate is opposite of a christian, then they cant possibly be christian themselves. So they probably sleep pretty well. If every religion claims to be the way to salvation then christians only have about a 17% chance of being right above religions that have existed for hundreds or thousands of years longer than christianity. Scrapbook...... Your math is similar to that of the Bush administrations math, "fuzzy". I am not even going to pick it apart because well if 250 million Americans had saved that 5% in the form of savings accounts instead of giving it to the tax free castles around the US we would'nt be in knee deep in donkey poo.