Two 50 cents - the maths puzzle

[Smokey]

By the time it took me to draw the 2 lines I would have worked out 360/12*2 in my head, written it down and moved on.  Stop trying to complicate things!   

Which is fine for you but we are talking about Further Maths students.

Remember all the good Maths students do Methods and Specialist.

 

Which is all well and good if you are a current day student/teacher that has any clue about the mathematical academic definitions of "Further Maths", "Methods" or "Specialist".  For someone who matriculated in 1975 it was General Maths for the everyday student or Pure and Applied Maths for the propeller heads like Dwaino.   

So I will stick with my simple, quick method of solving the equation in my head and moving on to the next exam question before I even have time to think about drawing pretty lines.   

[1965]

By the time it took me to draw the 2 lines I would have worked out 360/12*2 in my head, written it down and moved on.  Stop trying to complicate things!   

Which is fine for you but we are talking about Further Maths students.

Remember all the good Maths students do Methods and Specialist.

 

Which is all well and good if you are a current day student/teacher that has any clue about the mathematical academic definitions of "Further Maths", "Methods" or "Specialist".  For someone who matriculated in 1975 it was General Maths for the everyday student or Pure and Applied Maths for the propeller heads like Dwaino.   

So I will stick with my simple, quick method of solving the equation in my head and moving on to the next exam question before I even have time to think about drawing pretty lines.   

 

[Yeahright]

Don't forget the smarter kids do VCE as it is. The dummies (and some smart people who already have a career as a tradie planned) do VCAL maths (Foundations)

[Yeahright]

Shame too. A lot of bright people go down that path simply because that's where they want to be not because they think it's their only choice