Teaching maths in Britain

[konifur2]

Teaching maths in 1970 > 1. 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 habit of animals or the > preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the birds > andsquirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes just for a > measly p rofit 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 a £100 as his chainsaw is in breach > of Health and Safety legislation as it 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 t o f ind 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 immediatelyat his own cost is an offence. He complains and is arrested for > environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced £12,000 plus > VATfor 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 goi ng to make > £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live off the > state for the rest of his life? > > 7. Teaching Maths In 2010 > A logger doesn’t sell a lorry load of timber because he can’t get a > loan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their > money on aderivative of securitised debt related to sub- prime mortgages in > Alabama and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a > few millionpound bonuses to their senior directors and the traders who made the > biggest losses.The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry > however, as it wa s built in the 1970s it no longer meets the > emissions regulationsand he is forced to scrap it. > Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put > it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and > send their cash back home, while claiming unemployment for themselves > and theirrelatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to > deport them at the governments expense. Following their holiday back > home they return to the UK with different names and fresh girls and start again. > The logger protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his > name is on the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1,500 > registration fees as a gang master. > > The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as > bonus's are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out > and claim the difference on expenses and allowances. > You do the maths. > > 8. Teaching Maths 2017 > أ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكلفة > الانت‎=D > 8ج من > ‎ الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟‎

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funny thing is ... it doesn't CALCULATE! lol