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£2/10/6

 

It still amuses me that old money was in pounds, shillings and pence. Or Librae Solidi Denari if you want to get all Latin about it. Or LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide if you want to get into acronyms and short names.

 

I was fibbing. It was only Thruppence Hapenny.

 

you guys are hurting my brain , It's Friday, lets enjoy wine or beer!

 

OK, before the alcohol kicks in -
a little sum:
£2/10/6 minus 14/8 = ?
Jenny

 

=?
I think that's how my I filled in most of my o'Level maths paper

 

6 + (10*5)+(2*100) = £2.56 (in new money)
(14*5)+8 = 78p

£2.56 - 78p = £1.78

 

Answer in OLD MONEY please,
Jenny

 

6 + (10*12)+(2*240) = £6.06 (in new money)
(14*12)+8 = £1.76

£6.06 - £1.76 = £4.28 (in new money)

4.28 * 240 = 1027.2

Right, that breaks down at the 0.2 part (and possibly earlier). Hurray for decimalisation

 

That's easy. When I started work I'd have to calculate how many square feet something was (for example 10'5" x 13'8" , etc.), add everything up, divide the total by 9 to get the number of square yards, then multiply by the rate per square yard such as £2 7s 1d and that was without a calculator in those days, plus some contractors priced everything to the nearest halfpenny until they were phased out, but even then contracts using halfpennies carried on for years afterwards until the accounts were finalised.

 

Scrungee,
I can imagine you having a very sharp mind for arithmetic... Today's youngsters are not taught to use their brains in this way anymore I think. uch a pity,
Jenny

 

too right, Jenny, they are not used to use their brain full stop.
I am doing my outmost to keep the kids in front of the computer for 1 hour a day and not to incourage the use of calculators, but of course the outcome doesnt rely only on that.
My father had the ability to add up long lines of 5 digit numbers like a calculator and very fast! Myself I am not good at that at all!