Place Value
by Leslie Noyes
Numbers on a line:
Finite representation of infinity with
No omega and a debatable alpha.
One truly is the loneliest number.
If whole numbers claim the left side of the decimal, do broken ones occupy the right?
Why are there no oneths?
The asymmetry is worrisome, yet the pleasantly sibilant sound of thousandths compensates.
What’s your favorite number?
Mine is five and three hundred sixty-eight thousandths; although, I’ve never had it printed on a sports jersey.
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True!
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I love this! It is definitely one to read aloud – especially “yet the pleasantly sibilant sound of thousandths compensates.
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Thank you! I was trying to explain decimals to one of the grandkids and that inspired this.
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It’s in the teaching, (or at least attempting to,) that we truly understand a thing for ourselves.
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I also saw the whole on the left and the broken on the right in a political sense as well. 🙂
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Hmmm! I’ll have to reread it!
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You’re right! Or left!
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It is a truly lonely number. Multiplied by itself, it totals only itself. How much more alone could it be?
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I know, right?
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