Evolution of Maths Teaching

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 4/5 of the price, or £80. What is his profit?

3. Teaching Maths In 1990 A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100. His cost of production is £80. Did he make a 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 2008 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.

He does this so he can make a profit of £20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers. )

6. Teaching Maths 2018 أ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكلفة الانتاج من الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟

He has done well to stay in business for all those years.Was it CHOPPER HARRIS?

And don't believe all that HYPE.I got an O LEVEL in MATHS one year earlier than the 3 other classes(4th year instaed of 5th) at a GRAMMAR school in DARWEN.Rocket with education-bet he went FAR!

Not far off the mark, Col... I'm assuming the 2018 question refers to carbon offsetting, sustainable resources and renewable energy, but my Welsh isn't up to translating...

Snorri xxx

Snorrimon wrote: Not far off the mark, Col... I'm assuming the 2018 question refers to carbon offsetting, sustainable resources and renewable energy, but my Welsh isn't up to translating...

Snorri xxx

it reads...The Poles have burnt all the trees and the trucker went out of business.Can he SIGN ON?

and that is exactly the reason I'm thinking of going into teaching... less work, and I already know that reading arabic is like reading a child's scribbles...

ROFLMAO

SOOOOOOOOO true.

Exams now are about not crushing little adolf's fragil self image by grading an exam paper he's only used as bog roll as a fail.

Surely the Arabic (?) bit should go first since their mathematical learning has historically been far in advance of that of the christian cursed lands.

Doctor? wrote:

Surely the Arabic (?) bit should go first since their mathematical learning has historically been far in advance of that of the christian cursed lands.

ummmm, well if yer talking after the fall of Rome and before Muslim religon took over than yeah yer right, but after since, science. math etc has been stagnant....

EdelBrock wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

Surely the Arabic (?) bit should go first since their mathematical learning has historically been far in advance of that of the christian cursed lands.

ummmm, well if yer talking after the fall of Rome and before Muslim religon took over than yeah yer right, but after since, science. math etc has been stagnant....

Just watched a documentary about Hawkins life work to find G.U.T (Grand Unified Theory).

I doubt he'd agree science has been stagnant since then, he's being saying for a long time that psychics is on the edge of understanding everything; and giving us The big answer.

PS I Think the last question is more likely to be in English (already a world language) or more probably the main Chinese dialect, than Arabic, the Arab's will be lucky to survive the Crusades of this century, but you never know maybe the Chinese will back them up!

Mwahaha, muwhahaha...

William Morris. wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

Doctor? wrote:

Surely the Arabic (?) bit should go first since their mathematical learning has historically been far in advance of that of the christian cursed lands.

ummmm, well if yer talking after the fall of Rome and before Muslim religon took over than yeah yer right, but after since, science. math etc has been stagnant....

Just watched a documentary about Hawkins life work to find G.U.T (Grand Unified Theory).

I doubt he'd agree science has been stagnant since then, he's being saying for a long time that psychics is on the edge of understanding everything; and giving us The big answer.

I meant that science has been stagnant in the Muslim world since Mohammed all but banned the thinking... before that the Arab nations were instrumental in preserving all the science known before the Roman Empire fell and a cornicopia of new thought.

Good to see people still use the proper term "MATHS" and not that silly American term "MATH"

Chris Nash wrote: Johnny - I quite agree. 'Mathematics' is a plural, therefore the abbreviation should be the same - 'Maths'.

Unless, of course, one wishes to study 'Mathematic', in which case... :finger:

Isn't Mathematics called Snickers in America now though?

Oh hang on , that should be 'Snicker' because Americans don't do plurals.

Do they call Physics 'Physic' ?

Chris Nash wrote: Johnny - I quite agree. 'Mathematics' is a plural, therefore the abbreviation should be the same - 'Maths'.

Unless, of course, one wishes to study 'Mathematic', in which case... :finger:

With the schooling our kids are now receiving, it probably correctly is 'mathematic':\ohwell: