[adwalton]

Originally Posted by vidalia

There was a sort of logic to her answer in a round about way - she would have got marks for showing her working out.

She thought 20% was the same as one twentieth, though even then she should have given the answer as 5, not 5%

[adwalton]

Originally Posted by jj2

5 is One Twentieth of 100. So i can see where her logic was going . it's not something kids today are used to doing, not in their heads any way thats what computers are for

But she said the answer was 5%, which made no sense at all. If childen are not taught how to do calculations, who will make the calculators in the future?

[Dutch Marlene]

Originally Posted by jg.

well she came on to show what she knew and someone who doesnt know 20% of 100 is seriously lacking in the intelligence stakes.

I bet she doesnt even know what 20 - 5 x 3 is!!!! My suspicion is she would join about 95% of the adult population who, bless them, think the answer is 45. But then she wouldnt grasp the enormity of 95%

Yay I am in the 5%

[adwalton]

Originally Posted by Dante Ameche

She's good looking and makes decent money for getting her baps out for the mags. I wouldn't think she's too worried about being rubbish at maths.

She'll not be able to hang onto her money if she can't even calculate how much she earns and how much tax she pays etc. If her agent charges her 20% on every hundred pounds she earns, she will think that's £5.

[adwalton]

Originally Posted by acid rain

Why is it considered acceptable to laugh at innumerate people?
If she had dyslexia or was illiterate then people would sympathise with her instead. Why the double standard?

We are laughing at her because she was claiming she wasn't just a pretty face. And just because somebody is a bit thick doesn't always mean they are dyslexic.

[CatLuna]

We don't have BODMAS we have BIDMAS

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[adwalton]

Originally Posted by gratuitous

Rhian had her clever glasses on, so she was probably thrown because the question was too easy. She clearly thought that Julian meant 'what is a 20th of 100?'.

Even so, the answer would have been 5. She said it was 5%, which made no sense at all

[Dante Ameche]

Originally Posted by revolver44

Divorcing her would be a walk in the park. "I'll give you 20% of everything love" !!

If I were married to her I don't think I'd be divorcing her anytime soon. If i had to, 20% of what she eared in the last year I almost guarantee is more than I earned in my last financial.

it's been a rough year.

[Flight815-23D]

Originally Posted by CatLuna

We don't have BODMAS we have BIDMAS

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Ours was PEMDAS - parenthesis exponents multiply/divide add/subtract, and memorized as please excuse my dear aunt Sally.

[never say never]

Originally Posted by MissBeastie

Yeah, it's 20, but it's a stupid question, and I can't really explain why, given that I don't exactly excel at maths concepts.

Thank you

[Rose_in_France]

Originally Posted by adwalton

But she said the answer was 5%, which made no sense at all. If childen are not taught how to do calculations, who will make the calculators in the future?

Kids take calculators to school.

That wasn't allowed in my day.

[gratuitous]

Originally Posted by adwalton

Even so, the answer would have been 5. She said it was 5%, which made no sense at all

It was just a slip of the tongue - she corrected herself and said 5

[Rose_in_France]

Originally Posted by gratuitous

It was just a slip of the tongue - she corrected herself and said 5

Yes she did.

[NaughtyNan]

She gave the right answer she was just a bit quick to reply sometimes happens even one plus one becomes difficult no big deal.

[Veri]

Originally Posted by Paace

Why was Rhian the only person asked a maths question.?

I'd like to see the rest of them asked the same question. I bet not many would pass.

Julian seems to think it's witty, or something, to test Rhian's intelligence.

In an earlier episode, he asked her to spell syphilis.

[Dante Ameche]

Originally Posted by Veri

Julian seems to think it's witty, or something, to test Rhian's intelligence.

In an earlier episode, he asked her to spell syphilis.

Yeah, that was mentioned up thread and it was witty.

[gladiator18]

she cant even spell her own name 'Ian with a R'...? And shes supposed to be one of the brighter glamour models as well, although thats self confessed, makes you wonder then what the ones who 'arent as bright' are like