Electricians should know there basic maths.....DO YOU!!!!

[Silly Sausage]

It's a good example (all 2394/5 candidates take note) of knowing and writing the correct notation etc...
Geez...I'm sounding like a teacher!


PS, I quite like Maths as well, where's my anorak?

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

A brain teaser that popped up in the Sun circa 1970 caused major rows in the local socials snooker room. I couldn't believe how many folks couldn't do simple division. It went:

If 100 horses eat 100 bales of hay in 100 days, how many bales of hay will 10 horses eat in 10 days?


The best answer, tbh, was they'd all starve to death!!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

What is the lowest number, when written alphabetically, has all the letters following in the correct order to the alphabet (a,b,c, etc..)?

 

[Silly Sausage]

Now it would be, Tescos says, where do we send the hay to?

 

[Darkwood]

What is the lowest number, when written alphabetically, has all the letters following in the correct order to the alphabet (a,b,c, etc..)?

forty....

 

[Silly Sausage]

Thanks DW, I watched that film (loins) last night, you owe me two hours!

 

[i=p/u]

One....... Bail of hay

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

forty....

Yup!!!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

One....... Bail of hay

Yes again. The number of people that said ten was unbelievable. To me that is very basic math but they couldn't see it.

 

[electric will]

Yes again. The number of people that said ten was unbelievable. To me that is very basic math but they couldn't see it.

I must admit I was thinking ten, but now see it'd be one, feel a bit stupid now

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

I must admit I was thinking ten, but now see it'd be one, feel a bit stupid now

Sunday. Blame the beer!!

 

[shanky887614]

What is the answer to this equation;

4X4+4X4+4-4X4.

This isn't a trick question but hopefully ill show a confliction of answers which il explain why later....

or

16+16+4-16 =20

or 16+4 =20

using bodmas

brackets over divide,multiply,addition,substraction

or something like that

 

[D Skelton]

Yes again. The number of people that said ten was unbelievable. To me that is very basic math but they couldn't see it.

I got one too. Being a natural lateral thinker that was easy for me, but some people just can't think laterally. That isn't to say they aint smart though, one of my best mates is probably one of the most intelligent people you could ever meet and yet he gets even simple sums very wrong.

 

[Top Cat]

LOL ..... I like it.

I meant no offence and am pleased to see that none seems to have been taken - it's just my warped humour shining through.

And now I'll let you into a little secret: I'm hopeless at maths!! :8:

Noooooooo, can't believe that!:smilielol5:

 

[Silly Sausage]

Yo Cat,

What you doing over here?

 

[Geordie Spark]

Yo Cat,

What you doing over here?

He's come over to pi$$ on the strawberries.

 

[sappaazz]

am geting 20 as well.. unless we are given certain conditions ....​

 

[Doomed]

twenty

 

[firespark]

20 based on BODMAS

Just relied this was the first question that has long since been answered. My bad...

 

[brucyboy]

Defo 20.

 

[Ciprian]

20
perform all multiplications ( divisions ) first ... math rules

 

[shagbite]

how come so many people on this forum call maths, math?