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Comparing capacity measures for liquid refreshments between states in Australia can be a confusing enterprise – and one not without a degree of cultural embarrassment, especially when confronted by a grumpy bartender with a particularly parochial sense of state allegiance.

The paper will examine some of the quirkier examples of interstate beverage glass variability in Australia, using this to highlight the more serious issue of persistent national inconsistencies within mathematics education.

Download the PDF paper by Marcus Garrett below to start reading (and perhaps have a refreshing beverage ready at the side).

When is a beer not a beer? An Interstate ODDyssey: Mathematical Association of NSW 2015 Conference

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