Quote Originally Posted by Watermom View Post
You multiply by 0.2, not 0.02.

When you multiply decimals, just forget the decimals to begin and just multiply the whole numbers together. So, 2x6=12 which is the same as 12 with a decimal after it or 12.. Then, you move the decimal one place to the left (since there is one number behind the decimal point in the problem), and you get 1.2. Does that make sense? (By the way, I'm a math teacher and teach this kind of stuff all the time!)
AWWWWWW Man,I just now got the problem Im having!!I cant beleive this,well yes I can but I been racking my brain trying to figure out why I say .02 to you and Watermom(from another thread) would say 0.2. Im like, is this pool math different than grade school math???? So Ive been going along with it but not liking it cause I didnt know how you guys were were arriving at 0.2 when I THOUGHT It was .02.Anyway, when I read your very first sentence (above),thats when my math problem was solved.Turns out, Im not too stupid,not too crazy,but obviously a little on the" BLIND" side! Wow.It makes perfect sense now. Whew!!, I thought I would have to learn a whole new division of math called Pool Math. All this time Ive been reading the 0.2 as .02.After what you said above,I went to the Taylor test kit box, raised the lid and knew, I mean knew, I would read .02!!!!!!! I finally saw, very clearly now,0.2.Thanks you guys, I am greatful.Best regards,dncellis2.