Some maths questions

QUESTION 1)

3 men went to a cafe and ordered.
The bill came to $30, being $10 each.
The men each gave the waiter $10.
After they had eaten, the owner realised he had overcharged them, so he gave the waiter $5 to give back to them.
The waiter, being smart, gave each man back $1 and kept $2 for himself.
($1 + $1 + $1 + $2 = $5)
So each man had ended up paying $9.
($9 x 3 = $27)
Plus, the $2 the waiter kept = $29.
Where did the other $1 go??

QUESTION 2)

There are three campers

Camper A has 400g of rice

Camper B has 200g of rice

Camper C has no rice, but has $6

How should the 6$ be distributed?

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Got the answers? Those were easy questions. The answers and explanation are as follow:

1) Its a calculation error in the question itself. You should be subtracting the 2 dollars from the assistant instead of adding it. $9 each were of money spent. $2 money gained. $5 from the owner, money given/spent.

2) All should be given to Camper A. So all have 200g rice. C buys from A.

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Alright kids. Those were the answers given on the answer sheet. Now for the REAL answers. REAL LOGICAL ANSWERS IN REAL LIFE.

1) Who cares where the $1 goes? That waiter should be fired for being dishonest. Those 3 men should check their bills and say ''Hey wheres our 2 dollars?!'' And if you think about it, those 3 men not knowing that they got scammed means that there is no freaking price tags on the menu. OR there is no menu... So the restaurant should add a proper menu. With price tags.

And theres another problem. If the 3 people ordered the same stuff, or stuff with the same price tag, shouldn't each receive the same amount of money back? Like, a number divisible by 3? The reason why i deduced that they should have same price tags is because hey, if i ordered a Full Spring chicken, and you ordered a HALF spring chicken, wouldn't you complain that... we have the same cost even though my share is much larger? If you don't, gimme half your lunch next time.

''Uh... Why are there only half left before i start eating?''

So, the question wasn't being specific enough. We should know what the hell did those 3 people order. Also, ''After they had eaten, the owner realized...'' is not good enough. You should add something that says ''They haven't left the restaurant.'' If not i'm going to say that those 3 men don't care about the $5, and the owner should just keep it because... if i found $5 on the floor, i'm not going to return it to the police unless i saw it drop from someone's wallet. I know you think i'm bastard... but wouldn't YOU do the same?

2) And this is the baddest and stupidest kind of question and answer. 3 people are camping... 2 of them have rice, 1 doesn't. Where should the $6 go from camper C? It obviously goes to the taxi driver.

Yeah. Him. Its mind blowing magic. Explanation below...

Why the taxi driver? Think about it. If you go camping, when is it of the camp that you have no rice? Of course! Its the end of the camp! the $6 goes to the taxi driver because camper C would go home next! Which idiot would bring just $6 to a camp?

The question simply wasn't specific enough. Do the campers know each other? Are they camping together? Did C ask A to bring the rice for him? Do all of them eat the same portion of food? Is other food types involved? Or is camper C really an idiot who brings $6 to a camp, expecting to buy 200g of rice at $3/100g from some stranger he didn't meet before or even KNOW will be there?

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Okay. Despite the low opinions you have of this blog... This is a frigging serious situation. If you saw the answer sheet answer and didn't question yourself, its damn serious. It means that people are using less logic and brains to think about academics. Its a serious problem of people not being able to think carefully. And whats worse is that these type of questions are being asked in primary schools, secondary schools, and a few percentage in JC.

We have always questioned why the hell did John choose to run a whole one round, but yet May just walked a cross straight to the same damned destination. That was in primary school. Yet after that, our answers became all illogical. John simply runs the whole one round because... It doesn't matter. We stopped questioning. Our process of thought stopped. Theres a question? Give the politically correct answer that is correct according to Mathematicians. Scientists. Teachers.

Look. When you are given an English essay to write. Do you seriously think and believe what you said? NO! They throw me whatever question, i give them answers they expect to hear. ( not of an A student though ) Arguments simply don't matter. Tell me of any argument you had that actually changed your mind about something. You hate chocolate? Who cares? No matter how much you argue about your hate for chocolate, i still like it.

This adds to the list of reasons why the education system is screwed. And remember, in real life, they don't throw you a random question for you to answer. You choose what questions to tackle depending on your profession. In real life, its not just how much John ran. John should stop, and walk the same path as May. Think global warming sucks? No use arguing for people to stop it. Actually show them why it sucks, and invent something if you have to stop it.

''All your chocolate will begin to melt, but not in your mouth. And thats bad. No more chocolate bars for me.''

Whats worse about the system is that... Argh this blog post is getting damn long i'll save it for the next post.