Teaching Maths
Discussion
Teaching Maths over the years.... (sorry if its a repost)
1. Teaching Maths In 1970
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 £10
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 habitat of animals or the
preservation of our woodlands.
Your assignment: Discuss how might the birds and squirrels feel as the
logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit 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 & 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
recividest 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 to find 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 tons of rubbish and
asbestos sheeting.
The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped
rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is
arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced
£12,000 plus VAT for 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 going 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 does not sell a lorry load of timber because he cannot get a loan
to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a
derivative of securitised debt related to sub-prime mortgages in Alabama
and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million
pound 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 was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations
and 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 their
relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport
them at the government's expense.
Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different
names and 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 bonuses
are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim
the difference on expenses and allowances.
You do the maths.
1. Teaching Maths In 1970
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 £10
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 habitat of animals or the
preservation of our woodlands.
Your assignment: Discuss how might the birds and squirrels feel as the
logger cut down their homes just for a measly profit 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 & 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
recividest 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 to find 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 tons of rubbish and
asbestos sheeting.
The forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped
rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and is
arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and invoiced
£12,000 plus VAT for 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 going 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 does not sell a lorry load of timber because he cannot get a loan
to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their money on a
derivative of securitised debt related to sub-prime mortgages in Alabama
and lost the lot with only some government money left to pay a few million
pound 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 was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the emissions regulations
and 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 their
relatives. If questioned they speak no English and it is easier to deport
them at the government's expense.
Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with different
names and 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 bonuses
are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing out and claim
the difference on expenses and allowances.
You do the maths.
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