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 exchanges a set of "L" of lumber for a set of "M" of money.
The
cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make
100 dots
representing the elements of the set "M." The set "C," the cost of
production,
contains 20 fewer points than set "M." Represent the set "C" as subset
of set
"M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the
set "P" of
profits?
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:
By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do
you
think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation
after
answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels "feel"
as the logger
cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers.
Teaching Math in 2002:
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production
is
$120. How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit margin is $60?
Teaching Math in 2010:
El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production
es........
