Attention math all math nerds!

[snakeblitz33]

I have been thinking about this for a few days and I can not seem to come to a definite conclusion.
Here it is:
Count on your fingers the numbers 6 through 10.
How many is it?
Now what is 10 minus 6?
Now, explain why I got five for the first question and four for second?

 

[beth]

You counted 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 on the first. The second, you did the math.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I suck at math. Lol.
I barely got though calculus and advanced physics in college. Don't know how I did it.

 

[bang guy]

When subtracting, the starting number is not counted as a unit. When counting objects the starting and ending numbers are included. This is why so many people have a difficult time providing the start & end dates of a 14 day vacation - the difference in dates is only 13 and yet it involves 14 days.
Interesting you bring this up as even the most math proficient have made this error during a translation and rotation problem involving differential equations with abstract algebra as applied toward quantum events.

 

[stdreb27]

I love this joke, and use it liberally...