Legend_in_blue Posted 11 April 2011 Posted 11 April 2011 How many people actually come across equations like this in day to day life? I haven't in the last 16 years, so my brain has decided this information is pointless and filed it in the bin. In fact, if I took a GCSE maths paper now I'd probably be lucky to scrape a C if I had to show my working out. You wouldn't need to. The initial question is irrelevant to GCSE maths anyway. As it is open to interpretation it automatically goes way beyond GCSE. A GCSE question on this topic would be something like "calculate 3 x 5 + 10". The depressing thing about that is you'd probably find it on a calculator paper at higher level.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 11 April 2011 Posted 11 April 2011 You'd never see 3 x 5 + 10 on a GCSE higher paper. There are far more difficult things that you get tested on.
Legend_in_blue Posted 11 April 2011 Posted 11 April 2011 You'd never see 3 x 5 + 10 on a GCSE higher paper. There are far more difficult things that you get tested on. Like what? Spill the beans!
lcfc"weasel" Posted 11 April 2011 Posted 11 April 2011 Quadratic formula, factorisation, drawing of graphs, some geometry stuff, sine and cosine rule, trig.. Are what spring to mind off the top of my head. Edit: Some pythag. as well.
Thracian Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 I had 288 but, apart from calculating the change I need to give out on market days, I'm no mathematician.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 I had 288 but, apart from calculating the change I need to give out on market days, I'm no mathematician. That's more maths than a lot of us probably ever use. I've had to study all sorts of statistical nonsense in the last couple of years for my exams and the way equations are shown in the study texts for them is the same as in this thread, therefore I would go for 288 as well. I hate maths with a passion but when it's forced on you and you calculate something correctly it is quite satisfying. Not satisfying like a Creme Egg, but still quite good
Trav Le Bleu Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 I asked my maths teacher: "Who cares? If you can't write an equation in a proper format you don't deserve a proper answer." For the first time ever I'm going to plus 1 you Danny (but only cos I can't plus 1 your maths teacher )
Babylon Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 You wouldn't need to. The initial question is irrelevant to GCSE maths anyway. As it is open to interpretation it automatically goes way beyond GCSE. A GCSE question on this topic would be something like "calculate 3 x 5 + 10". The depressing thing about that is you'd probably find it on a calculator paper at higher level. Dunno when you took GCSE but there was much more to it than "calculate 3 x 5 + 10", as i just saw someone else mentioned. Fairly sure stuff like that is touched upon.
Steven Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 Tied 44-44 They are troubled by this on the Physics forum too. http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=488334
acooling08 Posted 12 April 2011 Posted 12 April 2011 If you type the sum into google, the answer is 288.
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