I Worry
I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher — not lower — than -8 but I'm not having it.
As much as I admire your determination Tina, I really do think that you should give in on this (from Manchester Evening News via Good Math, Bad Math).
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Posted by iain at Wed Nov 7 18:15:37 2007:
You might at least disable your maths question so she has the ability to reply...otherwise its only mean.
Posted by Brian at Wed Nov 7 19:15:28 2007:
Posted by John at Wed Nov 7 19:26:40 2007:
Two consecutive paragraphs from the article:
"More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths
"Almost three times as many UK adults (15.1m) have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths - than with poor literacy skills, according to the government's Skills for Life survey."
Hmmm... 3 x 15m = 15.1m? Surely just poor editing, but a bad coincidence considering the subject... :-p
Posted by daniels at Wed Nov 7 21:04:08 2007:
"More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths
"Almost three times as many UK adults (15.1m) have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths - than with poor literacy skills, according to the government's Skills for Life survey."
Hmmm... 3 x 15m = 15.1m? Surely just poor editing, but a bad coincidence considering the subject... :-p
