On Friday, 5 June 2015 20:43:12 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
On 05/06/2015 16:36, Tim Watts wrote:
On 05/06/15 16:15, Brian-Gaff wrote:
It does not seem a very useful form of the problem. OK I know its
trying to
get people to not think in a regimented way and find the missing bits of
the puzzle from what is given, but my main annoyance at most exams,
which I
always did badly at, was the meaningless unuseful problems they put in
them.
Real world problems should be used in my view, as that is the situation
these people are going to use their talents in, not some ambiguously
worded
meaningless problem.
Brian


It is a pity my 1988 past question is in image format and not text - you
would have liked it - it was calculating concrete mixes!


But who buys sand or cement in cm3 quantities?

if you go to wilko


NT