Are todays kids 'dumbed down' - interesting read

[Cian]

Question:

If potatoes cost three pence farthing a pound, how much does a stone of potatoes cost?

Working:

1 stone = 14 lbs
14 x 3 = 42
14 x 1/4 = 3 and 1/2

42 + 3 and 1/2 = 45 and 1/2

Answer:

3/- 9d and 2 farthings (or one ha'penny).

Why was Yorkie wrong ??

Exactly. Did it in my head first, then checked Google Calculator, then checked on my phone. Same answer every time.

 

[Highfields Seagull]

Is it £14, because as Lord B said, a stone is 14 pounds.

Or am I trying to be too clever for my own good?

 

[Cian]

Is it £14, because as Lord B said, a stone is 14 pounds.

Or am I trying to be too clever for my own good?

I didn't Lord B would stoop to such evil-bastard lows as doing that

But yes, it could easily be that he wasnts £14 as the answer.

 

[Highfields Seagull]

It's too much time trying to solve bloody puzzle donkey that's turned my mind to this evil way of looking at things.

 

[Jim D]

I think Yorkie was right - unless there was a discount for buying in bulk.

 

[Pevenseagull]

All three people who have calculated the price of spuds are WRONG.

All three of them are old enough to have used pre-decimal currency as well.

Only if I shared my mother's uterus with it - I know I look somewhat aged but I wasn't born until 3 months after decimalisation

I think I might stay in tonight now

 

[Gwylan]

I notice that no-one's attempted to answer the Spectator's questions though

 

[Yorkie]

I didn't Lord B would stoop to such evil-bastard lows as doing that

But yes, it could easily be that he wasnts £14 as the answer.

I could believe it

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Good. It worked. The young 'uns actually sat down and did the arithmetic - instead of leaving the old 'uns to do it for them.



It's called pedagogy.