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Is there anyone here who is better than me at maths?
« on: March 15, 2017, 12:10:13 PM »
Just simple addition and subtraction but I get significantly different results every time I do it!  lol

This is what I worked out yesterday (copied and pasted from my blog):

Trying to work out how much I've got to spend on next week's shopping and it goes from £79 all the way up to £160!  lol
I've got £429 in there, take off yesterdays grocery shopping takes it down to £327.  With me so far?
Take off £239 for my bills tomorrow leaves me with £88 yeah?
So how did I get it to £160??
All I can think is that I took my bills off the £429 instead of the £327
Yet again I've got a different number... £190 now!  lol

And this is what I got this morning (copied and pasted this from my blog too):

Got £200 left in my account after today's bills come out.
Still got £108 to come out before the end of the month.
That leaves £92 yeah?
Got £12.40 in Sainsbury's vouchers from this week's shopping.
£92 + £12.40 =£104.40 so far, yeah?
Take off the 40p for the bags, that makes £104 yeah?  I reckon I really can afford to spend over £100 on the shopping next week... I don't want to risk getting my maths wrong again though!  lol

So which calculation is right please?  lol

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Re: Is there anyone here who is better than me at maths?
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2017, 11:59:57 AM »
If I wasn't so tired and had a calculator within reach I would have a go  :tongue0015:

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Re: Is there anyone here who is better than me at maths?
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2017, 12:18:23 PM »
Thank you, Pip!  If you're using Windows, there's a calculator in there?  Maybe head back to bed after lunch too?   :hug:
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