Teaching maths In Britain

[kurtz]

Do you know what? I think this is the first thread I've started here. So be kind and no rough play



The Evolution of British Maths Teaching


1. Teaching Maths In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber 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 lumber 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 lumber for £100. His cost of production is £80.
Did he make a profit?

4. Teaching Maths In 2000
A logger sells a truckload of lumber 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? Top ic 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 2017
لصحفيين العرب يطالب الحكومات العربية

[Weigh-Man]

:rotfl:That about sums it up :rotfl:

[August]

Dammit, its MATH not mathS.

[STEED]

Class act. :rotfl:

[baggygreen]

very nice kurtz

[Platapus]

Kurtz not even close

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

What about all the taxes he would have to pay? The cost of production may be 4/5th of the price but the taxes would be another 1/3 on top of that.

Cost of production may be 80 but the taxes and fees would be another 30 so the net profit is a loss of 10. So the logger goes out of business.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by August

Dammit, its MATH not mathS.

Its Maths in British English

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by DAB

Its Maths in British English

LMAO, says the man from Wales.

Seriously, in correct grammatical terms, it is MATH.

You take a math class.
I take a math class.
We take a math class.

There is no plural of math.

August is correct.
It's just another indication of correct grammar being forgotten due to incorrect repetition.

The English language is doomed. Hmm, a math based thread becoming an English lesson. That's irony.

[kurtz]

I understood that math(s) was an abreviation of mathematic(s).

So it would seem to be maths if you must abreviate.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by danlisa

LMAO, says the man from Wales.

Seriously, in correct grammatical terms, it is MATH.

You take a math class.
I take a math class.
We take a math class.

There is no plural of math.

August is correct.
It's just another indication of correct grammar being forgotten due to incorrect repetition.

The English language is doomed. Hmm, a math based thread becoming an English lesson. That's irony.

:rotfl:

As a Cornish man, you are somewhat throwing rocks in a glasshouse there. Its Maths... and one of my favourate blogs (and just because its in my second langauge doesn't mean it can't be a favourate blog) explains why

http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.bl.../03/maths.html

[MothBalls]

Originally Posted by danlisa

LMAO, says the man from Wales.

Seriously, in correct grammatical terms, it is MATH.

You take a math class.
I take a math class.
We take a math class.

There is no plural of math.

August is correct.
It's just another indication of correct grammar being forgotten due to incorrect repetition.

The English language is doomed. Hmm, a math based thread becoming an English lesson. That's irony.

I guess in the UK the same teachers teach English and "math".

In this context, the correct term would be mathematics.