Who was listening to the news this morning?

Dan Dan · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:01

I was listening to radio 4 on the way into work and they were talking about peoples maths skills. They said there was somewhere online where there are 4 questions to see how your numeracy skills are?

Does anybody know where these are?

Thanks

Irish_Tom · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:07

here.

You had to go to the Today program site, not the Radio 4 homepage.

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:15

Another, Are you smarter than an 11-year-old?

Maths Answers Q1: 76+24=100 Q2: Parcel B is 150g Q3: £4.79 Q4: 2/3 and 10/15

Nitefly · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:17

Eh? Those are so easy, took about 30 seconds to do all 4

HeX · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:20

Took me longer to read the question than to answer them.

Irish_Tom · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:20

I got C, D, D, A for the Today quiz and I'm pleased to say I got all of similatorman's questions right.

Freakbro · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:20

The report is 49% of adults in the UK have a maths ability no better than an 11 yr old.

Shocking state of affairs tbh

Blue160 · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:24

No problems with either test

I like doing mental arithmetic though.

Cosimo · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:25

Nitefly said:
Eh? Those are so easy, took about 30 seconds to do all 4

You're in 51% of the good half of the population now. Now try without a calculator.

DanielMMS · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:44

Scarily simple.

There are two correct answers to Simulatorman's Q1.

FNGsam · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:49

DanielMMS said:
Scarily simple.

There are two correct answers to Simulatorman's Q1.

But 1 of them is more correct!

CharlieAlbert · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:49

I know those bbc questions are easy but it made me feel good getting them right. Haha....

Nitefly · 2 Mar 2012 at 08:55

simulatorman said:
You're in 51% of the good half of the population now. Now try without a calculator.

You mean I wasn't allowed to consult with a calculator or click the spoiler tag?!

Oh man, took me 30 seconds to find that button

Fenris · 2 Mar 2012 at 09:00

Q3 - WHY YOU SHOW PICTURE AND PRICE OF GRAPES?!

Archy · 2 Mar 2012 at 09:03

Scary that such a high percentage of adults are reported to have terrible maths skills! I'm certainly no mathematician but didnt struggle with any.

King Damager · 2 Mar 2012 at 09:29

Nitefly said:
Eh? Those are so easy, took about 30 seconds to do all 4

Indeed, without a calc I'm presuming

kd

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 2 Mar 2012 at 09:55

The reason for poor maths isn't difficult to understand given the dominance of calculators and computers in everyday life.

Greebo · 2 Mar 2012 at 10:02

stuartw_b said:
The reason for poor maths isn't difficult to understand given the dominance of calculators and computers in everyday life.

Agreed. My year were the last year at exams when calculators were not allowed (in Maths).

A year or two later when I saw GCSE maths papers which did allow calculators and the questions were things like "465 divided by 15" did I then despair. We used to have to do all that in our heads or work it out on paper.

krooton · 2 Mar 2012 at 10:08

I've said it before, and I will say it again, this is what you get for letting pupils move to the next year even if they fail their current one.

FBi7 · 2 Mar 2012 at 10:08

Panzerbjorn said:
I got C, D, D, A for the Today quiz and I'm pleased to say I got all of similatorman's questions right.

Same here. Go me!