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Math In Everyday Life

Through the years, and probably through the centuries, teachers have struggled to make math meaningful by providing students with problems and examples demonstrating its applications in everyday life. As this classic joke shows, some strategies are more successful -- and more meaningful -- than others!

Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

Teaching Math in 1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

Teaching Math in 1970: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is $100. Each element is worth $1. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M." The set "C," the cost of production, contains 20 fewer points than set "M." Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" for profits?

Teaching Math in 1980: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. Her cost of production is $80 and her profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

Teaching Math in 1990: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger


Even if you are trying very hard to be fair, it is actually quite difficult to phrase the question in a way that does not influence anyone's response. There are other ways surveys can go wrong, too; designing an accurate survey is a very difficult task, requiring much expertise. There are some organizations that do it well; for example, the Gallup organization specializes in conducting fair, scientifically reliable surveys. Still, it is an unfortunate fact that most surveys just cannot be trusted (especially political and advertising surveys).

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