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LuckyCharms

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21. People who are not in the trades sometimes do not appreciate

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:01 PM

Feb 2023

the amount of logic and complicated math that is involved in every trade.

And most of that math is done on the fly, in your head, without pencil and paper.

Work in the trades also requires the ability to visualize outcomes...an ability that many people do not have.

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How quickly can you solve this math problem? [View all] LuckyCharms Feb 2023 OP

48 nt SarasotaDem Feb 2023 #1

Yes. LuckyCharms Feb 2023 #2

Probably not .. SarasotaDem Feb 2023 #5

Me too. I remember I won a few math "awards" where the teacher LuckyCharms Feb 2023 #8

They're certainly learning stuff we never dreamed of cyclonefence Feb 2023 #3

Not in 5th grade. Sanity Claws Feb 2023 #4

I got the answer in about 30 seconds, and I didn't use algebra FakeNoose Feb 2023 #6

That's the method that I used, too. wnylib Feb 2023 #26

Me too (nt) William Seger Feb 2023 #31

Pretty quickly Effete Snob Feb 2023 #7

My thought process was... LuckyCharms Feb 2023 #12

When I do that... Effete Snob Feb 2023 #15

I just thought, 30 pages is 5/8ths, so 1/8th is 6 pages, so 8/8ths is 48 (nt) William Seger Feb 2023 #32

A calculator is like a security blanket. old as dirt Feb 2023 #17

When did you look at me? Phentex Feb 2023 #22

48. Did not look at other responses yet. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2023 #9

length equals 30 + 1/8 * length + 1/4 * length DetlefK Feb 2023 #10

Googled it padah513 Feb 2023 #11

I asked ChatGPT Effete Snob Feb 2023 #16

Sure, it's an algebra problem at heart, but... old as dirt Feb 2023 #13

The math itself is fairly easy. Figuring out the math procedure is the real problem. keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #14

This is a very old printed problem -- how do I know? Pobeka Feb 2023 #18

So... Effete Snob Feb 2023 #24

Who's Klein? Donkees Feb 2023 #19

I got by in math in school, I had I the same horrible math teacher throughout high school. Chainfire Feb 2023 #20

People who are not in the trades sometimes do not appreciate LuckyCharms Feb 2023 #21

No clue. I once found "x" though IcyPeas Feb 2023 #23

I did too, but I lost it again Effete Snob Feb 2023 #25

Well, you know your alphabet. GoodRaisin Feb 2023 #27

That was my favorite cereal Effete Snob Feb 2023 #29

I'm curious if the student is supposed to set up an algebraic equation and solve it, or just RockRaven Feb 2023 #28

Probably work through it Effete Snob Feb 2023 #30

Without looking at any other responses... Sogo Feb 2023 #33