Tag Archives: maths
Sum Hope
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22.3%.
That’s more than a third of us.
Rapscallion writes:
You do the math. Ireland tanks at numeracy – but not as bad as US and UK.
Algabrew
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This afternoon.
Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Barry H writes:
A simple explanation for people who partake of the offer…
What did he say?
*burp*
Totting Up
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James writes:
“Our virtual Tesco shop of the same 30 items costs €132.64 in the Republic and €112.02 in the North, a difference of more than 20 per cent. ”
Actually, no. It’s either 18.4% dearer in Republic, or 15.5% cheaper in NI… but definitely not “more than 20 per cent”.
North And South: A tale Of Two Grocery Bills (Conor Pope, Irish Times)
Irish primary schools ranked as follows: reading 10th out of 45 countries, maths 17th out of 50 countries, science 22nd out of 50 countries
— Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) December 11, 2012
Well, you get what you pay for.
Or not…
Irish Teachers Among Highest Paid in OECD (Irish Times, September 2012)
@broadsheet_ie Thanks for clearing that up.. Spotted at Spar Santry! twitter.com/CiaranNolanIre…
— Ciarán Nolan (@CiaranNolanIre) July 25, 2012
Here’s €1.50. Gimme six of those bad boys.
OK, so ‘the beautiful Chelsea’ may not the sharpest protractor in the pencil case but – with this video now going viral – her husband, Travis ‘how to make a viral video*’ Chambers – will do well to avoid a divorce. Or a fake, viral divorce. Or something.
(*H/T to Garrett in comments.)
Redditor Tinatinatinatina‘s sister has been “teaching math in English to 4th graders in China. Bearing in mind that ‘<‘ and ‘>’ are often used as quotation marks in certain languages, you can understand the misunderstanding.
We chose to believe, however, that the kid in question was simply being awesome.
via
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2CZqsAw28
‘Mathemusician’ and class doodler Vi Hart offers another modest suggestion as to how time spent at boring lectures can be used to greater benefit.