Home Archived 5 worst maths howlers Back 5 worst maths howlers 4th September 2009, 1:00am Meabh Ritchie Share 5 worst maths howlers https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/5-worst-maths-howlers Copy Link Q: A car company is having a sale. A pound;25,000 car now has 50 per cent off. What is the new price? A: Still too expensiveQ: What is conditional probability? A: Maybe, maybe notQ: What is a random variable? A: Someone with multiple personalitiesQ: Change 78 to a decimal A: 7.8Q: Write two hundred thousand in figures A: Two hundred thousand in figuresTaken from F in Exams: The Best Test Paper Blunders, published by Summersdale (www.summersdale.com)E-mail meabh.ritchie@tes.co.uk with suggestions for this column. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more My best teacher: Miss McMahan by Dolly Parton Meabh Ritchie • 9th May 2018 A bridge across the River Foyle Meabh Ritchie • 23rd December 2011 Silly season Meabh Ritchie • 29th July 2011 A bridge across the River Foyle Meabh Ritchie • 8th July 2011 Recent Most read Most shared Are you using education research ethically? Teaching & Learning 20 October 2024 10 questions with...Dr Jeffery Quaye News 19 October 2024 Staff with poor view of leaders in November more likely to leave News 18 October 2024 Private school VAT rules ‘not fit for purpose’ News 16 October 2024 Ofsted: Monday notification call does not apply to deferred inspections News 16 October 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 29 July 2024 Third of parents ‘more relaxed’ about children missing school News 16 October 2024 3 ways the Employment Rights Bill could upend education Analysis 16 October 2024 Careers advisers ‘should be funded in every secondary’ News 17 October 2024
