9 Jul 2008 3:41 AM

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 2007
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. )


6. Teaching Maths 2017
أ المسجل تبيع حموله شاحنة من الخشب من اجل 100 دولار. صاحب تكل�ة الانتاج من الثمن. ما هو الربح له؟

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4 Jul 2008 7:14 AM

  spring turns in to summer  <  time seems to fly past or is that just me > the lilies are braking in to bloom , the hypericum  is past its best . but  the hebe is a delight to the bees  ,  along with the odd foxglove , some plants are doing well , some are struggling , the weeds are doing grate though > i never seem to get a lot of time at the moment to do much out there so it has to look after its self<  some hope // 

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8 Jun 2008 8:53 PM

saterday  night  , in the forest    just me and a few fans  at the Status  Quo  gig >  al;though it nearly never happened for me  ,,  my  car  overheated  at the first entrance to the forest  ,were the taxis turn in  , any way the police on duty there let me leave the moter and walk in on foot  .. that was a good  mile down in to the forest  ,,  at the end of the  drive i got chatting  to mini bus driver who was just dropping off  and  he said  if  we  were back there at  11  pm  he would drop us off  at  the  top ,, the  show  was good  and  it  was a sell  out  ..<and you did not need a hearing  aid,  lol >  it  was just me and several  thousand geriatric  head bangers  >,,come  finish we made our way  to the exit  but the police  were not letting    pedestrians  out  because of the condition of the lane  <mud  > anyway the van turned up and i managed to get a lift  back to my stranded moter,,<  thanks  to  the  guys  from  wisbeach  >  as  the moter had  had time to cool  down  i  got  home  ok.  quite an eventful evening   

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2 Jun 2008 5:24 AM

after nearly 70 years of flying  the, Dacota DC3, will be seen in the sky over norfolk. for the last time this weekend ,  the  aircraft  which  took to the air in 1935  is being withdrawn from the sky because of new european legistion  ,,  now the aircraft has to have saftey shutes  even though the door is only 4ft from the ground and drop down air masks  > even though it does not fly high enough,,,,,thats  progress    ,,,

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28 May 2008 3:05 AM

  loads  of  wild flowers , hear    some call them weeds  >  just not to keen on nettles  and docks,,,,

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