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Evolution of Mathematical Education in the Last Thirty Years

1960s
A peasant sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His costs amount to 4/5 of his
selling price. What is his profit ?
1970s
A farmer sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His costs amount to 4/5 of his selling
price, i.e. $8. What is his profit ?
1970s (New Math)
A person F exchanges a set P of potatoes for a set M of dollars. The
cardinality of M is 10. Draw ten big dots representing the elements of M .
The set C of production costs is a subset of M that consists of 8 big dots.
Circle in red the set P which consists of those two elements which constitute
the difference between M and C.
1980s
An agricultural worker sells a bag of potatoes for $10. His production costs
are $8 and his profit is $2. Underline the word potatoes and discuss its
social meaning with your classmates.
1990s
A farmar gits $2 on a sak of powtatos. What are yur fealings abowt makin
monee on poutatoos ?
1990s (Super-Honor-Challenge)
Read the text:
A farmer gets $2 by selling a bag of potatoes.
Choose the right answer to the questions:
1) Who sells potatoes ?
2) What is sold ?

2 bag

2 dollars

2 farmer
2 farmers

2 potato
2 potatoes

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