I'm also aware of the tragic stat that says 47% of Australian don't have the literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills to get through everyday life. (My spelling might just put me in the category, so I'm not judging!!) There was also a news article recently that employers are fed up with appalling maths and literacy skills leading to work littered with errors.
But is it any wonder when popular TV programs like Sunrise, serve up numbers like these??
Frankly, I was horrified.
Is there anyone there at a presenter or producer level who looked at those numbers and yelled WTF???
By my reckoning, once you've saved 100% it's free - so how the heck can you save up to 5714%??
Did they have the Year 10 work experience kid doing the sums? Even then I'd expect a kid above Grade 6 to know better.
Shame Sunrise, shame.
(BTW, FYI the savings are, from top to bottom: 83%, 70%, 80% and 98%)
The person working out these equations clearly sees maths like this:
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Love that cat image. Exactly my face when faced with maths words problems as a child!!!!!!!! Helped me to ensure maths clarity in my teaching
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