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The way they broke down the order of operations with those real-world examples actually made sense to me. I've always struggled with remembering PEMDAS, but connecting it to actual scenarios helped it stick. One thing though—when they got to the more complex problems near the end, it felt like they jumped pretty quickly. Could they have walked through one more example step-by-step?
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Okay so the part about converting between different number bases actually made sense this time lol. I've always found that confusing but the way they broke down hexadecimal with the examples really helped. Quick question though – do we actually need to memorize all the hex conversions or is it okay to use a calculator for the bigger numbers?
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The way they broke down percentage calculations was really helpful—especially the practical examples with discounts. I've actually used that approach at work when calculating commission. One thing though—could you clarify the difference between simple and compound interest? The lesson touched on it but I'm still a bit confused about when to use which formula.
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The way you broke down the percentage calculations was really helpful! I've always struggled with those word problems, but the real-world shopping examples made it click for me. Just one thing though—when you got to the compound interest part, could you clarify how the formula changes if the compounding happens quarterly instead of annually? That part went a bit fast for me.
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Honestly, that part about calculating percentages for business discounts actually made sense this time. I've always struggled with markup vs. margin, but the way they broke it down with real store examples really helped. Gonna use that trick for my part-time job calculations too lol.
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