Mathematics teaching accross the decades.

[TykeMerc]

Did you just pick that one up from HPC Board Game Geek?

Load of Daily Mail readers tosh

Nope it's a comedic slant on mathematics education as my eldest took his A level maths recently and a slight dig at excessive Health and Safety and political correctness nonesense.

[bodnobal]

Did you just pick that one up from HPC Board Game Geek?

Load of Daily Mail readers tosh

[TykeMerc]

But - accross. Speling mistak shirley?

Yup, realised and fixed.

Common mistake for me, I sometimes add double letters when not needed and misread or forget them when they are. Bit annoying.

[NickFitz]

Got anything about spelling across the last few minutes?

[Board Game Geek]

7. Teaching maths in 2300

Please insert your History and Mathematics Skillsoft Chips.

In the past, there was a person called "a Logger" who had something called "a job". He used this "job" to create "money".

Your assignment : Explain the terms "logger", "job" and "money".

Upload your results to the Government Neural Hivenet.

The pass score to avoid body termination is 70%.

[Zippy]

But - accross. Speling mistak shirley?

[rsingh]

Man, that was deep...and I'm pissed

[TykeMerc]

Quite possibly old, but amusing anyway...

1. Teaching maths in 1970

A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
What is his profit?


2. Teaching maths in 1980

A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is 80% of the price.
What is his profit?


3. Teaching maths in 1990

A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
His cost of production is £80.
How much was his profit?


4. Teaching maths in 2000

A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100

His cost of production is £80 and his profit is £20.
Your assignment: Underline the number 20.


5. Teaching maths in 2005

A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish
and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of
animals or the preservation of our woodlands.

Your assignment: Discuss how the birds and squirrels might
feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a measly
profit of £20.


6. Teaching maths in 2009

A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case
it may be offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not
consulted in the felling licence. He is also fined £100 as
his chainsaw is in breach of Health and Safety legislation
and deemed too dangerous and could cut something. He has
used the chainsaw for over 20 years without incident however
he does not have the correct certificate of competence and
is therefore considered to be a recidivist and habitual
criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details circulated
throughout all government agencies. He protests and is taken
to court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy
target. When he is released he returns to find Gypsies have
cut down half his wood to build a camp on his land. He tries
to throw them off but is arrested, prosecuted for harassing
an ethnic minority, imprisoned and fined a further £100.

While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down the rest of his
wood and sell it on the black market for £100 cash. They
also have a leaving BBQ of squirrel and pheasant and depart
leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos
sheeting. The forester on release is warned that failure to
clear the fly tipped rubbish immediately at his own cost is
an offence. He complains and is arrested for environmental
pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced £12,000 plus
VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated government
contractor.

Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have
to be arrested and fined before he realises that he is never
going to make £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto
the dole and live off the state for the rest of his life?