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Treacle Worshipper · 03-17-2003, 02:32 PM

10/19
and I'm happy, considering:
I did it in my head (not even paper & pencil)
I haven't done maths like this for 8 years
I was rushing
I hate maths

My degree was in languages, and I appear to function adequately in "real life" with addition, subtraction, multiplication & division.
BTW, can anyone tell me what age-range grade 8 covers? I'm a Brit.
TW

Abacus · 03-17-2003, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by Treacle Worshipper
BTW, can anyone tell me what age-range grade 8 covers? I'm a Brit.

Usually it is 13 and 14 year olds.

Loren Pechtel · 03-17-2003, 02:34 PM

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Originally posted by Non-praying Mantis
Do you have what it takes to pass 8th grade (American) math(s)?

Take this quiz !

No fair using a calculator!

I got 18 out of 19 (and I was close on the one I missed)

NPM

19.

Loren Pechtel · 03-17-2003, 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by Dirty Dog
I got bogged down on some of the non-obvious math questions. Had I been able to use a calculator, I would have done better, probably 19/19.

That brings up a point about the opinions I've heard about computers and calculators. A lot of folks think that they are dumbing down students by computing answers for them. To some extent, I guess I agree. After all, with using a calculator, I had some trouble with multiplying large numbers and long division.

But I think it's more important to know the math behind these calculations, to know what the numbers are actually doing. I could write a program that would allow students to plug in the numbers for every one of these problems and get them all correct. But then that would measure the accuracy of my program rather than the readyness the of the student for graduation. With just a calculator, they have to know how to do the math before they could even start to put in numbers.

Dirty Dog

A calculator can crunch it for you. It can't set it up, though.

Chicken Girl · 03-17-2003, 03:12 PM

16 but only because I suck at doing multiplication/division by hand. The ones I missed were because of arithmetic errors.

Treacle Worshipper · 03-17-2003, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Abacus
Usually it is 13 and 14 year olds.

Thanks, Abacus.
(Now I feel a little more stupid

)
TW

tronvillain · 03-17-2003, 03:21 PM

19/19. It would have been a lot easier if I had been able to write any of it down, and with a calculator it would have taken essentially no time. I was helping a friend of mine with Math 12 the other day, so I am not too rusty.

BigBlue2 · 03-17-2003, 03:28 PM

17/19. Not too bad, considering the last time I did most of this stuff was 15-20 years ago.

Silent Dave · 03-17-2003, 07:51 PM

18/19, and I was working on my third beer while doing the quiz.

Dave

Saddam and Sons have 45 hours and 4 minutes to leave Iraq.

Strawberry · 03-17-2003, 08:01 PM

I missed the CD player one and the peat moss one. But, to be fair, I was carrying on a couple of PM conversations while taking the test.

View Poll Results: How did you do on the test?
I got them all right! - 19	26	35.62%
Almost all right - 17-18	28	38.36%
I missed some - 13-16	11	15.07%
I can't remember all of that crap!	6	8.22%
I missed a lot, I hate math!	2	2.74%
I cheated and used a calculator!	0	0%
Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll

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03-17-2003, 02:32 PM	#31
Treacle Worshipper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 931	10/19 and I'm happy, considering: I did it in my head (not even paper & pencil) I haven't done maths like this for 8 years I was rushing I hate maths My degree was in languages, and I appear to function adequately in "real life" with addition, subtraction, multiplication & division. BTW, can anyone tell me what age-range grade 8 covers? I'm a Brit. TW

03-17-2003, 03:12 PM	#35
Chicken Girl Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: nowhere Posts: 6,549	16 but only because I suck at doing multiplication/division by hand. The ones I missed were because of arithmetic errors.

03-17-2003, 03:21 PM	#37
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	19/19. It would have been a lot easier if I had been able to write any of it down, and with a calculator it would have taken essentially no time. I was helping a friend of mine with Math 12 the other day, so I am not too rusty.

03-17-2003, 03:28 PM	#38
BigBlue2 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 6,666	17/19. Not too bad, considering the last time I did most of this stuff was 15-20 years ago.

03-17-2003, 07:51 PM	#39
Silent Dave Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Bloomington, MN Posts: 2,209	18/19, and I was working on my third beer while doing the quiz. Dave Saddam and Sons have 45 hours and 4 minutes to leave Iraq.

03-17-2003, 08:01 PM	#40
Strawberry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Lancaster, PA/Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 627	I missed the CD player one and the peat moss one. But, to be fair, I was carrying on a couple of PM conversations while taking the test.

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