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Suppose, a litre of cola costs US$3.15. If you buy one third of a litre of cola, how much would you pay?
The above may seem like a rather basic question. Something that you would perhaps expect the vast majority of adults to be able to answer? Particularly if they are allowed to use a calculator.
Unfortunately, the reality is that a large number of adults across the world struggle with even such basic financial tasks (the correct answer is US$1.05, by the way).
[...] In many other countries, the situation is even worse. Four in every ten adults in places like England, Canada, Spain and the US can't make this straightforward calculation – even when they had a calculator to hand. Similarly, less than half of adults in places like Chile, Turkey and South Korea can get the right answer.
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High number of adults unable to do basic mathematical tasks
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @01:45AM (3 children)
> Suppose, a litre of cola costs US$3.15. If you buy one third of a litre of cola, how much would you pay?
It's a trick question, designed to detect tourists and immigrants. If you're paying in USD, the correct answer is, of course, "Litres? Speak American!"
(Score: 3, Informative) by ese002 on Friday March 16 2018, @02:14AM (2 children)
In this case, it is actually is "American". Cola in larger than single serving size has been predominately sold in liters since the 2L bottles came out 30+ years ago.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @03:25AM
Or at the Dollar Tree/other dollar stores for the cheap brand sodas (full of yummy high fructose to keep the poor fat and unhealthy so they won't be in a position to rebel when the peasant purge comes!)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 16 2018, @01:50PM
I thought the post aimed at the spelling "litre" (British English) used in the summary, as opposed to "liter" (American English) used e.g. in your comment.