Tag Archives: maths

Help Me Do Some Simple Sums

Having wandered round a number of pet shops over the last few days I am becoming less and less convinced that my fish tank really holds 39 litres[1. when filled empty to full, not accounting for substrate and other displacement items.]
Working out the volume of a box is no problem. If the box is [...]

437 Percent

Have a look at the image on the left. This is a crop of a page from Facebook.
Look at the last line.  APR 437.4%.
This means (unless I’m way out) that every £1 I borrow means I will have to pay back £437 (ignoring the .4%) if I keep the loan for a year.  Let’s [...]

 

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