When are numbers like a horse at a gymkhana?
Plus: the tax paid by 60 very rich people, water bill spreadsheets, and is zero a small number?
Can we teach 麻豆社 political editor Chris Mason some new maths skills?
Do 60 of the UK鈥檚 richest people pay 100% tax?
Have water bills fallen in real terms since 2010?
When it comes to HPV and cervical cancer, is zero a small number?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Bethan Ashmead Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Sarah Hockley
Editor: Richard Vadon
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life.
