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To our Canadian friends - bone up on your math!

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70herald said:
I didn't know there were other places that get milk in bags. We do too. 1 liter.
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Same in Thailand. Everything from iced tea to fried rice.
 
Dear Mr Smit, congratulations on winning the 2022 Corvette Sweepstakes! Now, in order to take posession, all you need to do is show the derivation for Schrodinger's Equation. :devilish:
 
FYI - typical question:

Canadian courts have agreed that a four-part mathematical test such as "155 plus 33 minus four divided by 2" is enough to qualify as a skill-testing question, as long as winners are not allowed to use a calculator or other aid to answer the question.
 
JPSmit said:
FYI - typical question:

Canadian courts have agreed that a four-part mathematical test such as "155 plus 33 minus four divided by 2" is enough to qualify as a skill-testing question, as long as winners are not allowed to use a calculator or other aid to answer the question.
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It just strikes me as the silliest thing I've ever heard. What if the winner is someone of diminished capacity for whom even simple math would be a challenge?
 
Basil said:
It just strikes me as the silliest thing I've ever heard. What if the winner is someone of diminished capacity for whom even simple math would be a challenge?
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And it happens. Wikipedia: "This has happened in at least one occasion for Tim Hortons' Roll Up the Rim contest winner in 2008. The individual failed to answer the same STQ correctly on the prize claim form twice due to a learning disability. Tim Hortons refused to release the prize until the intervention of a local newspaper."

Per an article in Wired, "When Katz's company reps test winners, they frequently just make up the problem on the spot, he said. Making the questions as simple as possible is natural, because you want the customer to be happy."

Obviously learning disabilities can be hard to spot - and even harder (and wrong) to get someone to tell you about it. I hope the question maker is able to have a conversation with the winner prior, to understand their natural skills and comfort.

(Per the Wired article, the Canadian courts ruled that shooting a turkey at 50 yards is not a good skills test. Shucks!)

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Skill testing question - Wikipedia

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Dumb Math Tests a Canadian Thing

When Salar Abdul-Baki won one of the 20 weekly prizes in Microsoft's Xbox Live Plug-in & Win contest last week, he wasn't home free. Like all winners who live in Canada, the 17-year-old resident of Mississauga, Ontario, had to answer a math question to claim his prize. The question — ostensibly...
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Basil said:
It just strikes me as the silliest thing I've ever heard. What if the winner is someone of diminished capacity for whom even simple math would be a challenge?
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It is one of those silly rules on the books - I almost never have to do the skill testing question in real life and when I do 9 times out of 10 the answer is given by the employee or written on the sign.
 
In Washington State it is prohibited to harass Big Foot, Sasquatch or any other undiscovered species.

In Kansas it is illegal to catch a fish with your bare hands

In Gainesville Georgia it is illegal to eat fried chicken except with your hands.

In Oregon and New Jersey it is illegal for drivers to pump their own gas.
 
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