Any good at maths.......

[Shrimp_Stu]

And the future of the country is in these people's hands!

Manchester Evening News: Cool cash card confusion

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

I despair I really do :p

 

[Mr. Benedict]

:hilarious:

Oh dear... have these people not been to school?

 

[SUFC_Al]

On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't

:thump: :thump:

 

[BrettieAngell]

Read about this in the paper, hilarious!

 

[Adrian C]

I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.

And yes of course, displaying your stupidity to the public at large is going to get mathematical rules changed. I really wonder if had they put 'colder' instead of 'lower' it would have made any difference at all......

 

[WestRoadShrimper]

:hilarious:

Oh dear... have these people not been to school?

Probably, but all Maths teachers are sh1te.....

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Thick bleeding northerners

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

The mind boggles, it really does

 

[SUFC_Al]

The mind boggles, it really does

Well the mind has disappeared all together in this case :p

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.

I actually find it quite embarrassing how thick that woman is... i just asked BLUEBLOOD Jnr (who is 7) and he knew it straight away

 

[Mr. Benedict]

I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it.

I actually find it quite embarrassing how thick that woman is... i just asked BLUEBLOOD Jnr (who is 7) and he knew it straight away

Perhaps she's from Colchester?!? :D

 

[ldnfatso]

Dear o dear!!!:thump: :thump:

 

[sufcintheprem]

Good to see this corker of a sentence in a story about someone being unable to understand a concept.

More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths

Almost three times as many UK adults (15.1m) have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths - than with poor literacy skills, according to the government's Skills for Life survey.

Does including the numerical value of 15m and explaining it a second time serve any other purpose than to confuse the point. Does including the numerical value of 15m and explaining it a second time serve any other purpose than to confuse the point?

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Good to see this corker of a sentence in a story about someone being unable to understand a concept.



Does including the numerical value of 15m and explaining it a second time serve any other purpose than to confuse the point. Does including the numerical value of 15m and explaining it a second time serve any other purpose than to confuse the point?

Did you repeat yourself to try to confuse us Did you repeat yourself to try to confuse us :thump: :p

 

[WestRoadShrimper]

More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths

Well that's a load of twaddle to begin with.

60 million people in the country, taking roughly 1/5 as kids, leaves about 48 million adults. They're trying to say 1/3 of the adult population can't add up. Bo****ks.

There's no way I'm churning out 1 in 3 kids from my classes that can't do basic maths, and I can't believe that's historically been the case either.

 

[* ORM *]

Ha, Ha. Nothing upsets teacher's more than a little bit of criticism. OK, here's plenty more................................................... Nah, You do a great job - for about 36 weeks of the year. :p

 

[WestRoadShrimper]

Didn't notice any criticism in the article - what I was trying to point out was the inflated number that the article picked to make a point with.