How good are your math skills?
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As a new report suggests that the UK's numeracy levels are not up to scratch, put your skills to the test.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
186 Comments
mikeyparry
10 / 10. Quite straightforward really. We call this sort of exercise in England mental arithmetic!
Shelley Durocher
Mac McLean, 10% of 120 is 12. 120-12 = 108. You are removing 10% from the original price, not adding 10% to the sale price.
Shelley Durocher
Alvin Harmacy, The math is the same regardless of the currency. Both decimal based.
Shelley Durocher
Marian Spitzig, The math is the same.
Cheryl Love
Pat Gibson, I was about to write the same, thanks.
Karin Johansson
mikeyparry, i did the same
kbparker
Thank you so much for the answers!
Pat Gibson
R Yancey, no R Yancey, they don’t have poor maths skills , I passed A level GCE at school, but that was 65 years ago, my ability to do mental arithmetic is not so good now.
R Yancey
No insult intended about the poor math skills, its just reality.
R Yancey
I got 10/10 correct. Was this supposed to be difficult? Nothing really hard here just basic math. Hard to believe that anyone would have much trouble with this quiz. But then again so many people have very poor math skills these days.
Gail Cusack
I 100% agree with Myrna Olson. You are taking 10% off the original price (£120) not adding 10% on to the sale price!
Gail Cusack
10/10 easy peasy - all mental arithmetic too. No calculators at my school!!
wyodinosaur
Great that the answers were shown. Good job, and good quiz.
Myrna Olson
The answer to question 10 is correct. If the coat was $120.00 originally then 10% would be $12.00. So, $120.00-$12.00=$108.00!! The reduction was NOT on the sale price!!
miriamlb
bvanstreek, the correct answer is 120. 120 x 10% = 12. 120 - 12 = 108. So the original cost was 120. 108 is the price after the discount.