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09-21-2005, 07:55 AM
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test your math skills.
Very easy little test to do. 20 multiple choice. quiz
I got 20/20. But if I used no calculator, and had a time restriction, it probably would have been 18 or 19
Good luck!!
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09-21-2005, 08:54 AM
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I only got 13 of 20 but I used no calculator or pencil and paper and haven't had my first cup of joe today. That's my excuse.
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09-21-2005, 09:03 AM
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No calculator, but I used a 4'x4' pad of paper and a pen. 20/20, took me less than 10 mins to complete.
I'm an engineering/physics major right now. Now, asking me to take a 20 question lit. test..
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09-21-2005, 09:17 AM
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Thomas
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Got 20/20, but used a calculator on some. #11 took me forever to figure out, and my method of eventually getting it right was different than theirs. Here's how they got it and how I got it.
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09-21-2005, 10:58 AM
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I haven't taken the quiz, but Thomas, your method works the same way as theirs because of something familiar from algebra:
You may have already realized that, just thought I'd point it out. Math is fun! 
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09-21-2005, 11:04 AM
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Thomas
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Didn't realize that, but it kicked back in once I saw your explanation. Not taking math classes for four years will do that to me.
Meh. I didn't do too well in geometry (proofs  ) and calculus (limits were the bane of my existence), but I was great with algebra.
The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all. But maybe he's still out there, somewhere. Maybe some day, when Gotham no longer needs Batman, I'll see him again.
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09-21-2005, 12:54 PM
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20/20, no pencil, used a calculator on 2 problems because I was lazy. One key to doing this quiz in your head is to eliminate obviously wrong answers, and often you're only left with one correct choice. For example, on the last problem, |
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09-21-2005, 02:04 PM
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I think the point is to not use a calculator. All of the ones that look like they need a calculator don't.
These aren't the numbers, but there was one problem where you had to add two "big" numbers, let's pretend they're
1,230,486 and 5,428,238
with possible answers:
6,728,083
7,002,981
6,658,724
6,568,725
The answer is immediately obvious once you add 6+8.
There were 'tricks' like that on most problems
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09-21-2005, 05:36 PM
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Got 19 but missed a gimme. What's the formula for calculating the third side of a triangle again? :b It's been a long time...
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09-21-2005, 05:37 PM
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Thomas
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What's the formula for calculating the third side of a triangle again?
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a^2 + b^2 = c^2
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