Registered: Aug 2000
Location: In a Blue, Blue State
Posts: 13077

Teaching Math in 1950:

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.

His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.

What is his profit?



Teaching Math in 1960:

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?



Teaching Math in 1970:

A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of
money. The

cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one
dollar. Make

100 dots representing the elements of the set "M." The set
"C", the

cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set "M."

Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the
following

question:

What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits?



Teaching Math in 1980:

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.



Teaching Math in 1990:

By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes
$20. What do

you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class

participation after answering the question: How did the
forest birds

and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees?

There are no wrong answers.



Teaching Match in 2000:

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.

His cost of production is $120, paid to a partnership owned
by his
son-in-law.

His accounting department tells him his profit is $60. This
is verified
by his auditing firm, Arthur Andersen, blessed by his
lawyers, Vinson,
Elkins, and touted by assorted Wall Street investment
bankers.

Question: How can Jesse Jackson share the spotlight on this
deal?

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
Posts: 18808

Zzzzzing!!

__________________

[Ignore Sig]

The pinnacle of Failbot technology.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2002
Location: US
Posts: 3547

how do I love this, let me count the ways....

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Sedona, Arizona
Posts: 19114

It would be funnier if it wasn't so accurate.

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Dumbfucksville!
Posts: 12164

Math in 2002 in the Ghetto:

Willie gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a Corvette, and $100 for a 4x4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes, and 3 4x4's, how many more Corvettes must he steal to have $900?

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged