Maths Question, There Are 24 Eggs In A Box, 3/8 Of Them Are Broken So How Many Eggs Are Not?

[mk1975]

Hi, my son has maths homework and we are stuck at this question, we need to answer as a fraction and as a whole number.
if you can help us please, thanks

[Baldric]

So, *** ignore then !!!!

[Psybbo]

Aw, Balders, sorry

[Jennykenny]

As a whole number. Divide 24 by 8. Answer 3. Multiply by 3. Answer 9. So 9 eggs are broken, then 15 must be unbroken.
As a fraction. 1/8 equals 3 eggs. 3/8 equals 9 eggs. So 5/8 equals 15 eggs.
5/8 is your fraction answer.

[sandyRoe]

1/8 of the 24 is 3. multiply that by 3 to find 3/8=9. if 9 are broken then 15 are not

[naomi24]

Jim, //I hope this doesn't come across as disrespectful.//

No, it comes across as big-headed – as do the posts of the people who are implying the OP is stupid. She’s asked a question – all that was required was an answer.

[B00]

I'll hold my hand up and admit that despite the working out included and the answer given, it still mashed my head.

I see numbers and go into a mental breakdown- im horribly bad at maths and simply can't wrap my head round what appears to be basic my most people.

However, give me 80's pop music and knowledge of it and im bloody brilliant at it! ;-)

[jim360]

I didn't say that at all, Naomi. I said that OP didn' understand the problem (obviously) and that this was most likely the fault of those who'd taught her. Where is the big-headedness in that? There is none.

[factor-fiction]

I think there is an issue about the way maths is taught- I feel some people are taught a method when they really need to understand what they are doing.
For example pupils can solve 2x=6 but ask them to solve 6x = 2 and they suddenly have no idea. Or ask them to add 1/2 and 1/4 and they can do it because they can picture clock faces, chocolate bars or pizzas, but ask them to add 1/6 and 1/6 and they try to remember some rule about denominators and numerators and end up getting it wrong.
But another issue I don't understand is that for some reason being "rubbish at maths" is seen a something to joke or boast about - and I think that message gets passed on to students from parents.
And if anyone thinks most school students are sitting there keen to learn in the classroom then they haven't been in the schools I've been in. There is an issue with attitude to learning. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Some say that Maths as taught isn't relevant, and for many people that's true. Most will never need to work out the volume of a prism. But attempts to make it more meaningful by looking at how to work out electricity bills or calculate how many rolls of wallpaper are needed or how to choose the best mobile phone contract don't work either as pupils generally see these as irrelevant to them.

Sorry, mk1975- this is prompted by the comments of others and is not a response or comment on your question.

[naomi24]

jim, you questioned how your post might be perceived. I gave you my perception.

[B00]

"But another issue I don't understand is that for some reason being "rubbish at maths" is seen a something to joke or boast about "

Sorry, but I dispute that!

As stated I'm terrible at maths, it's something im not terribly proud of, and sometimes it can be acutely embarrassing.

[jomifl]

When does arithmatic 'transition' into maths?

[factor-fiction]

That's just my experience, B00. I often hear parents or people generally joking about it in a way that they wouldn't say "I'm rubbish at reading or writing". I don't dispute some people generally do find it difficult

[B00]

Maybe the jokes are to hide their embarrassment Factor?

[factor-fiction]

Yes, it probably is. But why don't people joke to the same extent about not being able to read or write very well, that's all that puzzles me.

[Old_Geezer]

Not everyone has the same attitude, but it does exist.

Arithmetic doesn't transition into maths. It is a basic tool that needs to be learnt in order to do maths.

i think the only reason I coped with maths (usually) was that when I was still young my parents got me to go to a friend of theirs on a regular basis in order to learn maths outside of the classroom: that and a lodger uncle that was good at explaining maths as well. Never hurts to get a head start/deeper understanding in order to not be at sea at a subject.

Not for me to say of course but I will anyway. Hasn't this thread got a little out of hand ?