A survey, mentioned on the BBC Breakfast website, found that half the people it questioned would have been short-changed in the shop, because they could not work out how much change they should get. How well would you do? You can find out here. Leave me a comment with your score.
Oh, don't use a calculator or a piece of paper. Mental arithmetic ONLY.
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
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I have no idea how you use you measurements or what your money equals to ours. By guessing I got 4 out of five right. Helen
ReplyDeleteI don't have a clue about the money there where you are. So I don't know what £
ReplyDeleteis. I got the ones that don't have a £ right however. All I know about are $$. Linda in sunny and cold Washington state.
I got 4 out of 5 right. Does that give me a "B" grade? Ok...so maybe I'm ripped off sometimes...LOL!
ReplyDeletePam
I can't ever do maths...got 4 out of the 5 though so presume they must be very easy !!! or has all that travelling awakened my white cells !!!
ReplyDeleteI can't ever do maths...got 4 out of the 5 though so presume they must be very easy !!! or has all that travelling awakened my white cells !!!
ReplyDeleteI got five out of five Guido, I've always been able to do mental arithmetic. When I was at school we did whole lessons on it, long before the days of calculators! Jeannette xx http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/
ReplyDeleteI got four out of five, missed the squash one....
ReplyDeleteLinda :)
I'll blame it on the late hour (winks) 3 out of 5, but considering I'm an American and we use different measurements.....I didn't think it was all that bad. (Hugs) Indigo
ReplyDeleteUsing nothing but the old brain box, I got 4 out of 5. I missed the last one!
ReplyDeleteLori
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