maths homework
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surveyor said:
ked up world would people actually work this way? Surely Calum would measure his wood usage for the boat in mm, and talk about his wood usage for the plane as a percentage of the usage for the boat, which would guide him very easily to the actual measurement of the wood usage for the plane.Same for the others - Susie would work in ml, then a percentage of the initial amount for the subsequent amount ... etc.
Why aren't schools teaching kids about things that are actually useful, like how to run a household budget, how pensions work, how mortgages work, how personal loans work, instead of crap like this that you'd never use in real life?
MitchT said:
surveyor said:
ked up world would people actually work this way? Surely Calum would measure his wood usage for the boat in mm, and talk about his wood usage for the plane as a percentage of the usage for the boat, which would guide him very easily to the actual measurement of the wood usage for the plane.Same for the others - Susie would work in ml, then a percentage of the initial amount for the subsequent amount ... etc.
Why aren't schools teaching kids about things that are actually useful, like how to run a household budget, how pensions work, how mortgages work, how personal loans work, instead of crap like this that you'd never use in real life?
Get back to your base 10 with a pointy hat on your head. Learning things that are useful indeed, you will be complaining about logs, sines, cosines and tangents, which have all come in useful for me all my life when checking my weekly Lidl's bill.
These questions always seem very odd, the first one when worked back to millimetres is a stupid number that no one would realistically use.
Work it back to inches (using a yard instead of a meter) and he starts off with 30 inches of wood.
It is like the questions are pre decimalisation and some has just changed them over with no thought to the practical application.
Work it back to inches (using a yard instead of a meter) and he starts off with 30 inches of wood.
It is like the questions are pre decimalisation and some has just changed them over with no thought to the practical application.
V8LM said:
What is their expected answer for "How far did Eddie run?"
The examiner is clearly a long term, pre decimal PHer, so I think it is: "When the model aeroplane was placed on the conveyor belt, it didn't take off so the conclusion is that no matter how much wood was used, Calum had clearly included some design faults, so there was no need for Eddie to run anywhere. Therefore, clearly Nico is broken".
MitchT said:
Why aren't schools teaching kids about things that are actually useful, like how to run a household budget, how pensions work, how mortgages work, how personal loans work, instead of crap like this that you'd never use in real life?
I agree, we're in danger of producing chartered surveyors who can't do basic, primary school maths 
bigandclever said:
MitchT said:
Why aren't schools teaching kids about things that are actually useful, like how to run a household budget, how pensions work, how mortgages work, how personal loans work, instead of crap like this that you'd never use in real life?
I agree, we're in danger of producing chartered surveyors who can't do basic, primary school maths bigandclever said:
MitchT said:
Why aren't schools teaching kids about things that are actually useful, like how to run a household budget, how pensions work, how mortgages work, how personal loans work, instead of crap like this that you'd never use in real life?
I agree, we're in danger of producing chartered surveyors who can't do basic, primary school maths There is normally some background to assist, but being away she had done that bit without me.
6 X 1 & 1/2 = £9 per hour
9 X 4 hours = £36
6 X 1 & 3/4 = £10.50 per hour
10.50 X 4 hours = £42
36 + 42 = £78
(Edit sorry made small mistake above originally!)
To do it the suggested way
4 X 1 & 1/2 = 6 hours paid Saturday.
4 X 1 &3/4 = 7 hours paid Sunday
13 paid hours x £6 = £78
9 X 4 hours = £36
6 X 1 & 3/4 = £10.50 per hour
10.50 X 4 hours = £42
36 + 42 = £78
(Edit sorry made small mistake above originally!)
To do it the suggested way
4 X 1 & 1/2 = 6 hours paid Saturday.
4 X 1 &3/4 = 7 hours paid Sunday
13 paid hours x £6 = £78
Edited by CoolHands on Wednesday 7th December 18:55
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