Math Goes Mini

Math Goes MiniTo illustrate the historical break-throughs in man's (and woman's) age-old struggle with numbers, we challenged a panel of experts with an everyday math problem. Namely: "If amount on line 5 is over $14,000 but under $16,000, enter on line 6 $3550 plus 39 percent of the excess over $14,000." From left to right, here are the results. Expert #1, a paleolithic cave girl, could not comprehend the problem. She forged ahead anyway and after two weeks counting on her fingers cam...