Teaching Maths

sinner · 3 April 2009

So you guys are racist. I get it.

beerwm · 3 April 2009

xyzedarteerf said:
the original title of this was actually Teaching Maths in the UK.
basically implying that by the year 2018 everyone in the UK would be teaching/writing in Arabic. now do you get it?

thanks xyz, don't see how the joke works without the "UK reference, background knowledge about the UK"

errr....

i guess pretending to get the joke that isnt there works for some people in this thread though.

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disarray · 3 April 2009

sinner said:
So you guys are racist.

how so?

I get it.

i don't think you do.

though mandarin is probably more appropriate for the aussie version :

moXJO · 3 April 2009

disarray said:
though mandarin is probably more appropriate for the aussie version :

Not if you live in sydney.

beerwm said:
thanks xyz, don't see how the joke works without the "UK reference, background knowledge about the UK"

errr....

i guess pretending to get the joke that isnt there works for some people in this thread though.

:

I thought the use of the word "lorry" and the £1000 would have given it away as modified for Aus. So stay at point 4:

The dumbing down of schools, and the view of politically correct pandering to minorities still works(at least in NSW, don't make me give examples).

sinner said:
So you guys are racist. I get it.

One of my Indigenous workers told me an (abo)riginal joke not crude or rude, but racist none the less, and I laughed. In effect I suppose that does make me racist by laughing at it? Is it much different from laughing at the stuff on sbs show Pizza?

The fact we had to break down that entire Joke(and I wasted time bothering) = Fail
Future jokes please just nod head and smile.

beerwm · 3 April 2009

so MoXJO, you got

"UK is apparently being over-run by arabs in 2018"

from

'£'

- keep digging that hole.

Judd · 3 April 2009

Some of these are beyond me. Some? The whole bloody lot are beyond my capabilities!

http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems

James Austin · 3 April 2009

beerwm said:
so MoXJO, you got

"UK is apparently being over-run by arabs in 2018"

from

'£'

- keep digging that hole.

beer,

perhaps you are looking for some sophisticated indepth meaning in the original post. there isnt one.

its all very simple, a lot like trading "should" be

points 1 to 4 are a dumbing down of the previous point/s

point 5 is a cynical sociological view of contemporary times

point 6 is a bit of joke,
muslims, jihad, taking global control (especially in the arena of math curriculum (just kidding!))

although the translation probably goes: "this school has been closed, return to your village"

beerwm · 3 April 2009

hey James,

nah i was just missing point 6,
- the punchline

couldnt really see the connection

moXJO · 3 April 2009

beerwm said:
so MoXJO, you got

"UK is apparently being over-run by arabs in 2018"

from

'£'

- keep digging that hole.

No, that it was originally from the UK version
We don't use "lorry", we use "truck" + £>$
These emails did the rounds.
Cronulla race riots , war in Iraqi, terrorism, the Aus media beat up of arabs, and general misplaced fear of muslims is a reality in Aus. Hence the end bit

The US version

The evolution in teaching math since the 1950's:
1. Teaching Math In 1950's
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 Math In 1960's
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 Math In 1970's
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80.
Did he make a profit?

4. Teaching Math In 1980's
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 Math In 1990's
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, and if you feel like crying, it's ok. )

6. Teaching Math In 2008
Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100. El costo de la producciones es $80.
Cuanto dinero ha hecho el hachero?

Now that would not work.
Can you guess why?
Heres a tip: there are three clues.

spooly74 · 4 April 2009

Might as well make this thread useful.
This is one from the 80's

In a Name The Player game, a contestant is given a soccer team and then the 11 players of the team with their 11 names. He has to match up the names and the players. The game host will ensure that the matching is done properly: one name for each player, and one player for each name. The contestant is awarded 1 point for each correct name–player match.

There are 20 teams. One of them is the team the contestant supports. He knows all the 11 players in this team; thus if he is given this team, he will definitely match all 11 names and 11 players correctly, getting all 11 points.

Another team is the local rival of the team the contestant supports. He also knows all the 11 players in the team – but this time, if he’s given this team, he will deliberately match the 11 names and 11 players incorrectly, if only to spite the game host for giving him this team. Thus, if he is given the team he hates, he will deliberately get 0 points.

Yet another team is the team his wife supports. He knows only 6 of the players in that team. If he is given this team, he will match the 6 names of these 6 players correctly; for the other names and players, he will match randomly.

And finally, there is the rival team of the team his wife supports. He also knows only 6 players in that team – but, because he half-hates this team, he will, if given this team, deliberately mis-match the 6 names of those 6 players (i.e. get no correct matches); for the remaining names and players, he will match randomly.

The contestant does not know any of the players in any of the other 16 teams. If he is given any of these 16 teams, he will match names and players randomly.

The game starts. The host picks a team at random from the 20 teams, and asks the contestant to match the 11 names and 11 players of the team.

What is the probability that the contestant scores 10 points?

bumclouds · 4 April 2009

This is a really really rough guess. I am horrendously bad at probability. And not very old. So don't bag me if I'm way off.

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20 teams. 11 players per team.

own team - 11 points guaranteed (no chance of getting 10 pts)
rival team - 0 points guaranteed (no chance of getting 10 pts)
wife's team - 6 points + (0-5 pts)
wife's rival team - 0 points + (0-5 pts) (no chance of getting 10 pts)

if the team selected is not from the teams above, it is 100% guesswork for him. the way in which you can score 10 points comes in the following forms, where X is wrong and O is a correct match:
[XOOOOOOOOOO]
[OXOOOOOOOOO]
[OOXOOOOOOOO]
[OOOXOOOOOOO]
[OOOOXOOOOOO]
.... etc.. where X indicates the incorrect guess. So there are 11 different combinations possible. i.e: 11 different ways to score 10 points.

pr(10pts, not from the 4 teams) = ?????? (can't calculate this >_<).

But once you get that. calcuate the pr(10pts, wife's team).. and set the probability of 10 points for the remaining 3 teams 0. Then you average them out and that's the total probability of getting 10 points for any given football team?

Hope I'm kind of on the right track and not totally way off

beerwm · 4 April 2009

answer = 0%

11 player pairs in each team,

A B C D E F G H I J K
A B C D E F G H I J K = 11/11

A B C D E F G H I J K
A B C D E F G H I K J = 9/11

so 10 cant be achieved.

moXJO said:
You were taught at point 4 then

point 4 my ass!

bumclouds · 4 April 2009

^ ffs.........

I feel so dumb..

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