Stupid maths question

[Dr_Weasel]

After seeing the debate the physics question posed I feel duty bound to cause more mayhem by posing a maths question. This one isn’t controversial at all but may make some of you think for a few minutes... and yes, i do know the answer.

So.... 3 kids went into a shop with £10 each to buy a radio, and they didn’t realise it actually costs £25, the shopkeeper pulls a fast one, pockets £2 and gives them each £1 back saying the radio was reduced. Now this means the kids have spent £9 and the shop keeper has £2 for himself, that totals £29. Where has the missing £1 gone?

 

[JingleBells]

Oh dear

The kids all start off with £10, £30 in total.

At the end of it, the shop has £25 from the kids, each kid has £1 back, and the shopkeeper has the remaning £2, £25 + 3x£1 + £2 = £30.

 

[Dr_Weasel]

But what about the spped of the coveyor belt!

bah

you were supposed to get all hung up on the fact that (3 * 9 == 27) + 2 != 30....

 

[ECA]

Thats because unlike the physics question, this isn't so badly worded as to make peoples heads explode.

 

[old.user4556]

The plane doesn't take off... sorry wrong thread.

 

[Tom]

What if you tied the maths question to the back of an upside-down cat, painted marmalde on the underside, and dropped the cat vertically from a height of 6 feet onto a conveyor belt?

 

[Wij]

...whilst wanking in trap 3.

 

[JingleBells]

What if you tied the maths question to the back of an upside-down cat, painted marmalde on the underside, and dropped the cat vertically from a height of 6 feet onto a conveyor belt?

Then you'd have a primitive mag-lev

 

[Sharma]

What if you tied the maths question to the back of an upside-down cat, painted marmalde on the underside, and dropped the cat vertically from a height of 6 feet onto a conveyor belt?

Thats like asking if you strap a piece of buttered toast (facing up) to the back of a cat and dropping it. Will it land on it's feet or the buttered side of the toast or just float?

 

[Mazling]

I think some of you need to keep cats: there's no bloody chance of painting on marmalade or attaching buttered toast - they'd rip your face off or escape immeadiately.

 

[Louster]

I think a better maths question is whether 0.9 recurring to infinity is identical to 1 or not.

Which it is, in fact.

 

[djpringle]

Well I am sure MrMeoMeo wouldn't object to having some toast strapped to his back

Yikes, apologies for the size but works lappy doesn't come with photoshop

 

[Paradroid]

After seeing the debate the physics question posed I feel duty bound to cause more mayhem by posing a maths question. This one isn’t controversial at all but may make some of you think for a few minutes... and yes, i do know the answer.

So.... 3 kids went into a shop with £10 each to buy a radio, and they didn’t realise it actually costs £25, the shopkeeper pulls a fast one, pockets £2 and gives them each £1 back saying the radio was reduced. Now this means the kids have spent £9 and the shop keeper has £2 for himself, that totals £29. Where has the missing £1 gone?

The shopkeeper has £27 for himself, not £2.

Ta da. (*sigh*)

Strange kids anyway.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Thats like asking if you strap a piece of buttered toast (facing up) to the back of a cat and dropping it. Will it land on it's feet or the buttered side of the toast or just float?

The cat would most likely land on it's feet, as the Mythbusters tested the toast thing. And the buttered side (by a difference of maybe 1 or 2 breads out of a 100) won. In other words, the buttered side goes up "most" the time.

 

[~Yuckfou~]

It depends on which way the toilet paper is coming off the roll.

 

[Dweller]

It depends on which way the toilet paper is coming off the roll.

It also depends how many slices of bread are in two rounds of sandwiches.

 

[Calaen]

Someones been stealing threads from the enemy it seems

https://forums.freddyshouse.com/showthread.php?t=187793