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Work this out in 30 seconds (math question)
Cg_Evans
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No googling or calculators, just whatever you come up with in your head
Hubby bought a box of 24 bottles of budweiser in tescos today. I said how much was that? he said £10.00
I wondered what each bottle cost and came up with my answer which was wrong!
Hubby bought a box of 24 bottles of budweiser in tescos today. I said how much was that? he said £10.00
I wondered what each bottle cost and came up with my answer which was wrong!
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Another way I look at it is if he paid £24 it'd be £1 a bottle but since he paid less than half that it must be less than half of £1
40p is 9.60. so its 41p and a bit,
about 2 seconds.
41.666666666666666666666666666666666666666 to be recurringly correct. Got the calculator out for that bit
500 / 2 = 250 [2 x 2 = 4]
250 / 2 = 125 [2 x 2 x 2 = 8]
125 / 3 = 41 (2/3)p [2 x 2 x 2 x 3 = 24]
Yes its 41.6p
Think I should drink one of them now as punishment >>>>>soz
Billy, I missed off the S, Im not American
40/24 = 1p with 16 left
16/24 = 2/3 = .67p to two decimal places
41.67p
less than 10 seconds
I don't think it sounds wrong when said with an American accent but does when said in a British accent or in a British forum.
125 / 3 =
40 + 5/3 =
a little under 42.
Yes. Even though I know better it still sounds like a mistake or a joke. People sometimes inappropriately pluralize something to feign ignorance, and that's what it sounds like.
I divided 12 into £5 which made it easier.
Eight shillings and fourpence. No decimal points required.
The shocking thing that came out of that thread was that a lot of people really do struggle with arithmetic. Not just the actual calculation but working out what calculation is required. In other words if you gave them a basic calculator it wouldn't help
Which is, no doubt, why so many people find nothing strange about a price label that reads "£3 each, 4 for £12, 3 for £10".
A hen and a half lay a egg and a half in a day and a half. How many eggs do six hens lay in seven days?
I used to do a lot of mental arithmetic but do not now.
I love the Countdown numbers game
I can't even get my head around that first part. Too many halfs in it for me. Though to be fair I didn't wake up up that long ago. Maybe I'll come back to it.
14 ???