>Review a motor vehicle logbook with columns for dates of trip, odometer readings and distance traveled; then calculate trip expenses at 35 cents a mile plus $40 a day.
Which is ok but easier than golf balls in a 747 and hugely easier than USAMO.
Another question you could try from the easy math end is: Someone calculated the tariff rate for a country as (trade deficit)/(total imports from the country). Explain why this is wrong.
Looking up the math ability of the average American this is given as an example for the median (from https://www.wyliecomm.com/2021/11/whats-the-latest-u-s-numer...):
>Review a motor vehicle logbook with columns for dates of trip, odometer readings and distance traveled; then calculate trip expenses at 35 cents a mile plus $40 a day.
Which is ok but easier than golf balls in a 747 and hugely easier than USAMO.
Another question you could try from the easy math end is: Someone calculated the tariff rate for a country as (trade deficit)/(total imports from the country). Explain why this is wrong.