Simple Arithmetic........

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/never-mind-a-levels-can-you-pass-these-10-gcse-maths-questions-12779453
...how did you do? Be honest!

[THECORBYLOON]

"If they haven't learn't decent Arithmetic by 16 yrs. then they're not going to in the next 2 years."

They might think they have three or four more year left...

[Tilly2]

I did that exam paper! What a coincidence.

[jazzyjen]

Went shopping yesterday. Lad on the till looked very young- so much so that I thought he was going to call a more senior member of staff over because we had alcohol in our grocery haul.

The aforementioned alcohol consisted of 10 cans of lager found on the “reduced” shelf with individual stickers on. No barcodes as they were obviously out of a multipack. The stickers each said 80p

Cashier proceeded to take his mobile phone out to calculate 10x80

[Prudie]

I don't agree that people who were bad at arithmetic at school can't learn it when they're older. I've known several people in their 20s who failed it at school and have had tuition and resat maths O level or GCSE and come out with very good grades. Sometimes it depends how they applied themselves at school (or rather didn't apply themselves).

[Old_Geezer]

Then read them again T³.

Q6 is utter rubbish. It fails to say what you have to do with the figures. Add them ? Multiply them ? Stick them up your ... jumper ? Surely they don't mean simply order them as a 4 digit number ?

I used to get sick of thick teachers being that ambiguous when I was learning, I don't need to come across it yet again now.

[bobbinwales]

yes you just make a 4 digit number oldgeezer.... theres no mention of using x/+/ etc

[jno]

that's fine, jazzyjen, he has a common piece of equipment and he knows how to use it. The knowledge will come in handy when he has to price 37 items at 28p each.

[vulcan42]

Agree OG, I added them together for 21.

[jno]

you guys have been watching too much Countdown.

[Old_Geezer]

IMO if by sixteen you haven't applied yourself to learning maths then you are probably unsuited to an occupation requiring any application of maths. You probably need to look for further training in a more physically based trade. Those that are coping well with maths will probably have the sense to choose it as an option going forward anyway, so need no compulsion. But those having difficulty are the only ones likely to benefit from a compulsory continuation, but not for anything new, but a last chance to get the basics straight before they find themselves out in the real world, not best equipped to handle it.

[Old_Geezer]

That is EXACTLY the point bobbin. It doesn't say what is required. There is no mention of ANYTHING that clarifies what is wanted.

[nescio]

Q6 asks you to find the smallest odd number using all the four cards. Where is the ambiguity? It is asking you to order them to give the lowest odd number.

[Old_Geezer]

That is EXACTLY the point nescio. It doesn't ask you to order them to give the lowest odd number. It just says, "What is the smallest odd number you can make using all four of these cards?"

How many times must the same obvious point, that no one can reasonably disagree with, need to be made ?

[Peter Pedant]

we had kids who got 101 in their scripts
you can do it 1) - perfect script
AND 2) do a three part question as all three have to be equal and score 7. and seven fwees give you the 101st mark - 1966

I didnt ( but I did get 95% in Latin unseen and 90 in Greek. Bofe cases I had seen or knew the 'unseen'

a friend got 99% ( put his answer in ft when they asked for yd)

[Peter Pedant]

I used to get sick of thick teachers being that ambiguous when I was learning, I don't need to come across it yet again now.

Mr even-tempered then.

I asked my brudda - " when did you realise that the teachers either didnt know things or just got it wrong?"
He said, erm never actually
"we" were eight.

I was in the class where the invigilator wdnt allow us log-books for a log and sine question. we didnt do well

[jno]

I got one answer wrong in O Level equivalent maths but only got 97%. I think they regraded all marks so they balanced out the results from year to year, but I was a trifle miffed at not getting the 99% I deserved.

[ClareTG0ld]

If you aren't allowed to do arithmetic on the four cards, then the only thing you can do is to put them in some order. I thought it was obvious what was meant -- just because you don't, OG, doesn't make the question bad. It just means that you personally didn't get it.

[andres]

I got 9 right. The 1952 O level was harder .

[scorpiojo]

9

[Zacs-Master]

I used a calculator and ‘hey Google’. 100%!