again, I say nonsense.  Which digit you actually write down last makes no
difference; the last digit, once written, is 6.  This assumes of course that
we're all using English, which is read left to right.  The most significant
digit clearly is the 3.  What's the last word in this sentence?

Tracy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rao, Ragu [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 12:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Wildly OT: Simple math question
>
>
> If you have a number as 3456 (read as 3,456) only after
> placing the ","
> properly that you would determine that 3 as a left most digit
> is falling in
> the thousandth place and hence the whole number is Three thousand Four
> hundred and Fifty Six.
>
> While writing it down one may definitely find that 6 is the
> last digit BUT
> its 3 which has the highest value for this number that takes
> the last digit.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tracy Pierce [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 3:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Wildly OT: Simple math question
>
>
> I fail to see the purpose in declaring the obvious to be
> incorrect, even in
> a "math only please" context.  Why not simply call the 3
> "most significant"
> and explain what that means, also in English?  6 quite
> clearly is the last
> digit, unless you're reading it in Farsi.  Three hundred
> forty six.  Conveys
> a lot of information, and six is clearly the last bit of that
> conveyed info,
> despite its relative insignificance.
>
> Snake oil.
>
> Tracy Pierce
>
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