maths through the ages

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Teaching Maths 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 Maths 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 Maths 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 one dollar.
Make 100 dots representing the elements of 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" of profits?

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

Teaching Maths in 1990:
By cutting down beautiful forest trees, a logger makes $20.
What do you think of this way of making a living?
Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the
forest animals feel as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong
answers.

Teaching Maths in 2002:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
His cost of production is $120.
Show how Arthur Andersen determines that his profit margin is $60.

[Spec2 Girl]

:hehehe: :hehehe:

[Damien]

What's amazing is I understand that!

[Steel]

sad but true, unfortunatley.