Thread: Wow! Are You Kidding Me!?

Originally Posted by joebehar

What I'm trying to get across is that there are many types of education and knowledge, but the basics such as numeracy and literacy are sorely lacking today.

Clarification...basic numeracy and literacy means more than being able to count and read and write simple text. it means being able to take those skills and use them to understand more complex things.

I agree, to some extent. Sadly those were things that were required by the 8th grade when education was more than High Stakes Testing! Now we teach to a test, and that is the worst possible thing we could do.

If two pounds of beef cost $5.50, and three punds of beef cost $8.00, which of the following would you do?

A) I am a vegetarian, I wouldn't buy either
B) I would buy 2 pounds $5.50/2=2.75 which is more than $8.00/3=$2.67
C) 3 pounds of beef is more than I would use.
D) I would buy both because my parents are rich

That is how they would see the purchase of beef at a grocery store.

I forgot
E) How much is the Chicken?