A lot of people are having trouble with this math problem that requires some basic algebra

Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 8 months ago to Culture
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This is interesting and also shows you how basic skills need to be retained for life, and exercised somewhat. The fact we went from 80 percent to 60 shows our glorious education system is not working.

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  • Posted by mminnick 9 years, 8 months ago
    Solve as if written as follows
    9 - (3x3)+1. reason the fractional division rule: when dividing by a fraction invert the fraction and multiply. so 1/3 becomes 3
    this leads to 9 - 9 + 1 so the answer is 1.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good for you, I got it wrong too, but at 58, and having not needed to worry about such things for 40 years, I wasn't too worried. I figured a kid out of school would be able to dredge it up.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 9 years, 8 months ago
    I won't lie, I got it wrong off the cuff. My daughter, College student studying forensics, reminded me of the order of operations. I'm embarrassed by my forgetfulness (its been forever since I thought about non-financial math) but proud my daughter caught it.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am not too sure there are a lot of people around who really get that the "system" they talk about is actually many subsystems, and sub-sub systems, that allow groups to take them over and push their agenda. The socialists took over education years ago and have only tightened their grip. They have other systems as well. That is a lot of the problems we see today.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It seems anytime they fold something into a "system" it means they get more influence, and it is easier to break. Let's not even go into the inter-dependencies of these systems and the total inability of that to happen. That is why we are in such trouble, the more they "systemize", the more they can control, interfere and screw it up.
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  • Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    However, CG, THEY have declared we have a "system". It is the conglomerated result of the Dept of Education, and individual Stae DOE's that have banded together "for the common good" to provide a "standardized" system of education, hence such wonderful crap programs such as "No Child Left Behind" and of course, the ultimate craziness: "Common Core".
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 8 months ago
    "our glorious education system"
    All industries that are systems that provide private goods are troubled: the healthcare system, education system. We don't have a grocery store delivery system, landscaping system, or electronics design/mfg system. So we have less problems in those areas. If we tried to have a grocery distribution system, it would turn into some variant of Venezuela's grocery distribution system.
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