History of Mathematical Education

"History of Mathematical Education"

  1940: A farmer sells 1 sack of potatoes for 2 dollars...
                       2 sacks for 4 dollars
                       3 for 6
                       4 x 2 = 8
                       5 x 2 = 10 ...
        How much would the farmer receive for 9 sacks?
        (show all arithmetic work)
        How much would the farmer receive for 3.5 sacks
        at 2.75 dollars per sack?
        How much would the farmer receive for 4.2 sacks
        at 3.02 dollars per sack?
        How much would the farmer receive for 7.67 sacks
        at 5.98 dollars per sack?

  1950: A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for $2.00. The cost
        of producing it is 4/5 of the price. What is the profit?

  1960: A farmer sells a sack of potatoes for $2.00. The cost
        of producing it is $1.60. Please figure out the profit.

  1970: A farmer sells a set of potatoes (A) for a set of
        money (B). B is the set of all parts of B for which
        is: B is a dime. In the dash-set, you have to for
        the set of B, do (////////////////////) twenty small
        dashes, one for each dime. The set of the cost of
        producing (C) is sixteen (////////////////) small dashes.
        Draw the set of C as a part set of the set B and give
        the resulting set (D) which gives the answer for the
        question: What size has the profit set.

  1980: A farmperson sells a sack of potatoes for $2.00. The cost
        of producing is 4/5 thereof, which is $1.60. The
        profit is 1/5, equal to $0.40.
        Underline the word "potatoes" and discuss it with your
        math study group.

  1990: A farmer can produce a sack of potatoes at a cost of $2.00.
        These potatoes can not be exported due to foreign trade
        barriers and New World Order global policy. But, the US
        Government will buy them for $1.60 at taxpayers expense and
        ship them to any country that is at war with itself and/or its
        neighbor. How many potatoes will this farmer have to fry at
        MacDonalds in order to qualify this as a career move after
        retraining at the government's expense? Multiple choice: a). is
        that a LARGE fries? b). this answer will be considered a
        correct answer by all who
            have been deprived of the background experiences necessary
            to know the difference between growing potatoes and frying
            potatoes.
        c). would ye lik somthin to drink with that?
        d). there are insufficient facts to derive more than a
            theoretical exegesis of the presently evolving social
            structure.
        e). is that fer here or ta go?

  2010: A US farmer can produce a sack of potatoes at a cost of
        2010 yen......
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