kitchen table math, the sequel: corn on the cob

Friday, March 4, 2011

Have been meaning to post this --

A few weeks back David Letterman showed a print ad that reads:

Corn cobs 4 for $1.00
Works out to 25¢ a piece

Crimson Wife said...: My 8 y.o. thought she'd found a mistake on a recent sign she saw reading "25 cents each, 5 for $1.00" until I explained to her about volume discounts, LOL!; March 4, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Catherine Johnson said...: oh that's adorable!; March 4, 2011 at 1:21 PM
momof4 said...: CW - does she know about bakers' dozens? Bruegger's Bagels counts a dozen as 13 and the corn vendor at my farmers' market does the same.; March 4, 2011 at 1:43 PM