A real GCSE question.
What a joke.
I can only assume that there is a master plan to get all of our children in “university” so that they are saddled in their early twenties with £20K debt and no real qualifications to actually get themselves out of debt – a bit like the country actually
Idiots. A generation of children doomed. Monobrowed downs syndrome kids clutching a fistfull of worthless certificates demanding to be fed, housed and clothed by the State because the position they trained years for, namely Footballers Wives Fingernail Technician and Braiding Consultant doesn’t actually pay £100K a year. – The Holbornettes are studying for the International Baccalaureate , not A levels
Down’s Syndrome Boy passes 8 GCSE’s. Really.
UPDATE:
1. Teaching Maths In 1970
A logger sells a lorry load of timber for £1000. His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price.
What is his profit?
2. Teaching Maths In 1980
A logger sells a lorry load of timber for £1000. His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price, or £800.
What is his profit?
3. Teaching Maths In 1990
A logger sells a lorry load of timber for £1000. His cost of production is £800.
Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Maths In 2000
A logger sells a lorry load of timber for £1000. His cost of production is £800 and his profit is £200.
Your assignment: Underline the number 200.
5. Teaching Maths In 2008
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is totally selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of £200. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers. If you are upset about the plight of the animals in question counselling will be available)
6. Teaching Maths 2018
ألف مسجل تبيع حمولة شاحنة من الخشب ل£ 1000. وقال إن تكلفة الإنتاج 80 ٪ من سعر البيع. ما هو الربح له؟