(January 15, 2017 at 4:06 am)Firefighter01 Wrote: I own a business where employees need to now how to work out fractions and long multiplication to do their job efficiently. Here are my questions that I placed in their interview exam to determine if they know basic maths:
1. 1/4 + 1/3 =
2. 1/4 x 1/3 =
3. 132 x 64 =
Only about 3 applicants over dozens that have sat the exam have answered all questions correctly. Most of them got the last one right, but they used their mobile phones. I originally thought that the questions were too easy, but apparently they are now redundant? I don't know why teachers today don't teach fractions so that their students are competent in their usage, or is it a case that they aren't considered important enough to warrant any special attention?
When you say "hardly anyone" can you suggest a way to describe how many?
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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