<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>mathematical doubletalk, as any multiplication can be accomplished thru dividing by a reciprocal.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>if you want to describe a fraction in words, "3/5" could be phrased as "3 of 5" IOW, the whole thing has 5 equal pieces, and we're taking, or having, or measuring 3 OF the 5.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>nk</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 29, 2005, at 9:14 AM, Art wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Geneva" size="1" style="font: 9.0px Geneva">Hardly, e.g., "1/2 of 8" is 1/2 * 8 = 4, and certainly _not_ "1/2 / 8" (= 1/16) as you describe!</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>