Numbers lie..

You think numbers tell the actual story but that is not true

Numbers can be presented in a way to mislead people too..

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When you see a percent value exceptionally high

Find the denominator before you begin to rely

On that attractive number- if the denominator is small

Your percentage would be high; into the anticipated trap you would fall

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When a product is better than something by a certain percent

Know what that “something” is- the devious intent

Here is to use something meaningless to compare

So your product appears better, without you being aware..

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Graphical representations are easy to grasp, but not always accurate

The devil is in the details, one can create

Misleading graphs by numbering the x and y axes a certain way

If you are not careful, you just believe what the creator wants to say

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It is easy to be misled with numbers, unless you are astute

If your grasp on mathematics is good, you may challenge or refute

Numbers that look too good to be true

Re-read the numbers- let them not lie to you