Paula Jones - long wavy red hair - got fired.
Did they get the right one - they did becuase she simply couldn't estimate the numbers. Confusing 3% with 3g cost the team about £700 and was the difference, all the difference, between winning and losing.
Why comment about this becuase this is what Functional Mathematics is all about. Being Functional means knowing when something feels wrong. You don't have to be an expert and get it right every time, you do have to know when to check though and she didn't.
It reminds me of the time when many years ago I was interviewing for a sales person and the person I interviewed was great, personable, bright, good presentation but she did a numeracy test and was so awful it was impossible to believe. So back to the interview and simple questions like what's 10% discount on a £20,000 order showed no understanding about numbers. She didn't get the job - having no confidence with simple numbers can only ever be a disaster waiting to happen.
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