pipemakermike · Jun 14, 2005 05:42 AM
#0 sourceIt costs a logger $80 to fell a log and transport it to his sales centre. He makes 20% profit on each log. If he sells 100 logs, what is his total revenue and his total profit ?
Teaching Maths in 1960:
It costs a logger $80 to fell a log and transport it to his sales centre. He makes 20% profit on each log, i.e. $16. If he sells 100 logs, what is his total revenue and his total profit ?
Teaching Maths in 1970:
A logger fells 100 logs and sells some of them to be made into paper. Draw a Venn diagram showing E, the set of all trees, L, the set of all felled trees, and P, the set of all trees made into paper.
Teaching Maths in 1980:
It costs a logger $80 to fell a log and transport it to his sales centre. He makes 20% profit on each log, i.e. $16. Your assignment: underline the number 16.
Teaching Maths in 1990:
A logger makes a living by felling logs and then selling them for a profit. What do you feel about this way of making a living ? For extra marks, how do you think the birds and insects that live in the trees feel about it when their tree is turned into a log ?
Teaching Maths in 2000:
It costs a logger $80 to fell a log and transport it to his sales centre. He sells each log for $75. How does Arthur Andersen show that his profit margin is $60 ?
Regards
Mike