Can you count change?

**72Twenty** · 09-30-2006, 09:28 PM

(an email forward)

Last week I purchased a burger and fries at McDonalds for $3.58.

The counter girl took my $4.00 and I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies. While looking at the screen on her register, I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.

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Why do I tell you this?

Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:

Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is 4/5 of the price. What is his
profit?

Teaching Math In 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What
is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is $80. Did he make a profit?

Teaching Math In 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of
production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your
assignment: Underline the number 20.

Teaching Math In 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
inconsiderate and cares nothing for the
habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does
this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way
of making a living?

Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did
the birds and squirrels feel as the
logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers.)

Teaching Math In 2005
Un ranchero vende una carretera demaderapara $100. El cuesto de la
produccion era $80. Cuantos tortillas se puede comprar?

**P_McPoser** · 09-30-2006, 10:43 PM

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**Cyber Cop** · 09-30-2006, 11:06 PM

que? No entiendo.

G · 10-01-2006, 09:53 AM

No comprende, senior.

I had the same thing happen to me the other day. Except this happened in the college bookstore, and the cashier was a college student!

**TeleHoar** · 10-01-2006, 10:02 AM

When the total is, say, $4.78,
I like to hand them $5.46 or some arbitrary amount of change.
They really melt down then.

**72Twenty** · 10-01-2006, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Cyber Cop

que? No entiendo.

No Nintendo?

Try Playstation.

13 · 10-01-2006, 11:56 AM

She cried? Are you sure you weren't a dick about it?

**acostiga** · 10-01-2006, 12:10 PM

i prefer to operate on a strictly non-cash basis whenever possible. ahh, the credit/debit card option. and i love those self-checkout aisles in certain stores...

**golden powder** · 10-01-2006, 05:06 PM

I once accidently handed the cashier a twenty and one penny less than the cent total. I got x dollars and 99 cents back. I felt like an idiot.

**AbsolutStoli** · 10-01-2006, 05:30 PM

once, i had a dude at papa johns take out a calculator to figure out the change for a 15.89 pizza out of 20. i was confused about what was happening, i couldnt believe what i was seeing.

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 10-01-2006, 05:49 PM

Pizza delivery drivers are often only intelligent enough to get a driver's license. Given that getting a driver's license is so easy a chimp can do it, that's no great accomplishment. They don't have to have an education, or even a brain for that matter.

How do I know this? I've delivered pizzas on and off for about 7 years total.

**72Twenty** · 10-01-2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by 13

She cried? Are you sure you weren't a dick about it?

It wasn't me... this was an email forward.

**rideit** · 10-01-2006, 06:39 PM

No adult left behind.

**Baaahb** · 10-01-2006, 08:05 PM

What kind of crappy lumber is being sold for $100 a truckload?

**adam** · 10-01-2006, 08:08 PM

If only highschool math was that simple.

**72Twenty** · 10-01-2006, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Baaahb

What kind of crappy lumber is being sold for $100 a truckload?

I wish it was that cheap back when I used to build skateboard ramps. It would have kept me from stealing it from new housing developments and trying to ride home accross a dirt field on my BMX while attempting to carry a piece of plywood.

**Baaahb** · 10-01-2006, 09:02 PM

A similar story...shopping in Victoria. Or was it Vancouver? Anyway, the Middle Aged Lady From America ...wait...excuse me... the Middle Aged Lady from the States holds out a handful of change to the clerk and says "Here, find it...I can't figure out this money."

**rideit** · 10-01-2006, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Baaahb

A similar story...shopping in Victoria. Or was it Vancouver? Anyway, the Middle Aged Lady From America ...wait...excuse me... the Middle Aged Lady from the States holds out a handful of change to the clerk and says "Here, find it...I can't figure out this money."

Actually, that happened to me in Canuckistan, at the liquor store in whistler...the clerk was all "That's a looney, it's $2.00.."or something condescending.

I was all like "rilly? Cool...cause all I have in my hand is Peruvian Soles!"

**iceman** · 10-01-2006, 09:19 PM

Pretty much every register made in the last 20 years has an "amount paid" screen right before the "Change due" screen, they don't have to think about it at all unless the matrix is glitching.

**skiing-in-jackson** · 10-01-2006, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by 72Twenty

Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:

We homeschool. And Ski. Alot.

**rideit** · 10-01-2006, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by skiing-in-jackson

We homeschool. And Ski. Alot.

You are a pathetic dad.

How on earth will your kids be able to count to 100, when you blocked em' at 90 days this year?

Have some compassion, and show them 100.

Do it for the children.

**runethechamp** · 10-02-2006, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by adam

If only highschool math was that simple.

It is. Told you I could teach you if you wanted to.

**Parvo** · 10-03-2006, 04:57 PM

went to the local DQ the other day for a dilly bar. cost = $1.08. I give the counteress a dollar bill, a quarter, and three pennies. The crazed look on her face you would have thought i asked her to solve some Chinese arithmetic or the pennies were coated with semen. I told her, 'just give me a dime'. She had to verify with the register that she indeed owed me a dime.

**thephatkid** · 10-03-2006, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by TeleHoar

When the total is, say, $4.78,
I like to hand them $5.46 or some arbitrary amount of change.
They really melt down then.

thats freakin heeelarious

**alembical** · 10-03-2006, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Parvo

went to the local DQ the other day for a dilly bar. cost = $1.08. I give the counteress a dollar bill, a quarter, and three pennies. The crazed look on her face you would have thought i asked her to solve some Chinese arithmetic or the pennies were coated with semen. I told her, 'just give me a dime'. She had to verify with the register that she indeed owed me a dime.

Parvo,
that post is great... I especially like the "just give me a dime" bit.

Pay = $1.28
cost = $1.08
change = $0.10

Alembical

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