Mathematical Literacy must be scrapped in schools

porchrat said:
Maths Literacy includes such things as how to calculate the area of a rectangle, and how to rewire a plug.

I wish I was joking. It's not SG Maths.
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how to rewire a plug??? in Maths lit?
if anything, something like that would be in Physics/Science or home economics

but Maths lit? does it at least include anything somewhat useful?
like Taxi fare calculations or tax threshold PAYE scales?
 
Jet-Fighter7700 said:
how to rewire a plug??? in Maths lit?
if anything, something like that would be in Physics/Science or home economics

but Maths lit? does it at least include anything somewhat useful?
like Taxi fare calculations or tax threshold PAYE scales?
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How to read a graph was in there. That's useful.

but yea I found the "how to rewire a plug" thing very weird. Why that's in there I will never know. What does it have to do with Maths??

BTW this was late high school Maths Lit. I think Grade 11 or something. This wasn't the syllabus for youngsters. I'm hardly an expert though I just got hold of the textbook and took a read through a few years back.
 
Cray said:
It's not that basic, at least not at final year. Not very difficult either...

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I was asked once to teach a couple of classes of Maths Lit because my local school tragically and suddenly lost a teacher. I was between jobs so I helped out during that very brief gap between teachers.

I was shocked at the curriculum. I promise you how to rewire plugs was in there. So was how to calculate the area of a rectangle. I was teaching high school kids how to calculate the area of a rectangle. It definitely wasn't Matric kids though. Grade 11, maybe 10.

Still the idea of kids that old wasting time learning to calculate the area of a rectangle... that system is failing them.

What you've posted there though is quite reasonable.
 
Cray said:
It's not that basic, at least not at final year. Not very difficult either...

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I wanted to make an AI joke...about not having credits, but the answer itself is a joke:

5.1.2 (a)​


One possible reason Candice chose Option A:


  • The monthly instalment is lower than Option B.

Option A: £195,61
Option B: £182,29


Actually, Option B's additional monthly instalment is lower, so a better reason would be:


  • Option A requires a lower deposit and first-month instalment.

Option A: £1 173,66
Option B: £1 640,61


Answer: Option A has a lower initial payment/deposit, making it more affordable upfront. (2)


If I had to mark the answer...

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You are wrong actually you are correct
 
Jan van Riebeeckstad said:
They should make it realistic, drop a GTI in there, 72 month repayment period and a 40% balloon.
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thats actually useful for them to learn how they getting screwed and why finance is a bad idea.
but instead how to calculate the area of a rectangle, no wonder kinds today learn nothing useful.

just ask the AI it knows everything, and here I am being one of the first kids with encarta/internet back in the 90's
now watching the next generation not even learn anything.
 
Nerfherder said:
But not everyone is going to be a mathematician.

Just make the curriculum useful and then it will be worth something.
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True. And not everybody needs to learn how to think, solve problems, build a mental framework for structured thought, learn to turn big challenges into small steps, spot hidden patterns, and test ideas until they work, or basic logic.

That's why we have SASSA grants.
 
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