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) by toddestan on Friday March 16 2018, @02:49AM (1 child)
1/3 of a liter is 333 ml, and a standard 12 oz can is 355 ml, which is only slightly larger. Some stores do sell soda by the can, the going rate is usually 99 cents. With tax, about $1.06. So close enough ;)
(Score: 2) by cocaine overdose on Friday March 23 2018, @02:14AM
I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN POSTING SINCE THE DATE OF THIS POST