When I was young, I was told I was wrong for thinking that two plus two equals five. I was told I was mistaken, and that two plus two equals four, plain and simple. If I thought otherwise, I was a fool.  This was back in 1986, when I was 8 years old... my how things have changed. Now there's new math, and I was right!

 

 

If you are at all familiar with rounding to a whole number, you should know that rounding up or down is based on a simple rule. If the number is .49 or less, you round down, and if it's .50 or more, you round up. For instance, rounding 2.1 to a whole number, you round it down to 2; rounding 2.6 rounds up to 3. Now, following this mentality, 2.4 rounds to what? That's right, it rounds down to 2. Now, if you add 2.4 and 2.4 (remembering that when rounded, that is 2 plus 2), you get 4.8, which when rounded is what? That's right, it rounds UP to 5!

 

 

Although it only works on a technicality, there's no denying now that 2 + 2 = 5! The teacher that said that was incorrect, well, now who's the fool?  Welcome to new math, a terminology and teaching that came about within the past few years. Guess this 'fool' was thinking outside the box and was years ahead of everyone!

 

 

This rant written by Joe Rosendorf Jr.  This is merely an opinion based on personal experiences, and is intended to inform based on those experiences.