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I would be disappointed if (when I was teaching) my 6th grade students posted the percent chance to win like it is at the top of this site.
 
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OhioLion said:
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I would be disappointed if (when I was teaching) my 6th grade students posted the percent chance to win like it is at the top of this site.
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Guessing: if you get a .5 you default round up. Wisconsin 20.5%, PSU 79.5%. Still, attaboy for the catch, Greg Garrity-esque.
 
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LionJim said:
To clarify, at the time of the OP the Polymarket site had UW at 21%, PSU at 80%, adds to 101%.
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If UW was truly at 20.5% and PSU truly at 79.5%, it would add up to 100% but rounded up to whole numbers it would give you the 21% and 80% numbers. Maybe this s a reason?
 
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Connorpozlee said:
If UW was truly at 20.5% and PSU truly at 79.5%, it would add up to 100% but rounded up to whole numbers it would give you the 21% and 80% numbers. Maybe this s a reason?
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Normal procedure is to round up at .5 (it’s what you're taught in third grade) so yeah, this is surely the reason.
 
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LionJim said:
Normal procedure is to round up at .5 (it’s what you're taught in third grade) so yeah, this is surely the reason.
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To help my students with rounding, we put an arrow above the place value we are rounding to - whole number, tens, tenths - circle first number to the right.
Jingle - circled number greater than 4, we add 1. Circled number less than 5, we add none.
It worked.
 
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