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  • T Tomz_KV

    The answer for question 2 (answer: 20) is questionable. How can the exact minutes be determined using an average speed?

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    Freak30
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    Why would that be questionable? How do you think the speedometer calculated the average speed? Obviously it took the total 6 km and divided it by the total time of 1/3 hour to arrive at 18 km/h.

    The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.

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    • J JMK89

      I was fine until the car questions. I'm behind a websense firewall and couldn't see the picture (I assume there was a picture) so had to guess those!

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      Nope, no picture, just a table - the same table for two "car" questions

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      • F Freak30

        Why would that be questionable? How do you think the speedometer calculated the average speed? Obviously it took the total 6 km and divided it by the total time of 1/3 hour to arrive at 18 km/h.

        The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.

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        Tomz_KV
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        Agree with you.

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          Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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          Roger Wright
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          100%

          Will Rogers never met me.

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            I haven't owned a Calculator in my life. Does that make me a genius?

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            Dan Neely
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            Before being allowed to use one rotted my brain I was able to do problems like 98*76 or 9*876 in my head faster than anyone could tap the buttons on the idiot box and win about half the time with problems like 98*765 or 9*8765. If I wanted to show off I could do problems like 9876*54321 too but had no chance of beating a button masher. My informal test for how clueful grade school teachers were was to see how long it took before they realized that if they were going to offer a prize for a basic in class math-game (generally flashcard speed) that unless they offered them for the top two spots they might as well just save some time and give it to me at the start of the day.

            Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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            • T Tomz_KV

              The answer for question 2 (answer: 20) is questionable. How can the exact minutes be determined using an average speed?

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              Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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              Average doesn't mean approximate... The speeds and times did add up suspiciously neatly. Iain.

              I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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                Average doesn't mean approximate... The speeds and times did add up suspiciously neatly. Iain.

                I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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                Tomz_KV
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                You are correct. I got the idea. The average speed by speedometer was based on the actual time and distance she traveled.

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                  You don't get jokes either? :laugh:

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                  Tomz_KV
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                  are these not real test question? Tell me about it. :((

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                  • V vonb

                    Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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                    ok how did I miss 2. I think the answer to # 7 is wrong. I chose what they said was the correct answer but.. You could not Physically have 6 people coming in at the same time. 4 at the most. I think # 9 was wrong also. I could have sworn I chose the smallest number. Is 26.5 larger or smaller than 26.58 ?

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                    • L Lost User

                      Are you sure we are doing the same quiz? I only had 10 questions

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                      It is an adaptive quiz that takes into account your answer as well as how long you take to answer. It stopped after 10 for you because it didn't think you can handle any of the harder questions. :)

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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        Nope, no picture, just a table - the same table for two "car" questions

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                        JMK89
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                        Ah, was blocked for me anyway, will have a look when I get home!

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                          ok how did I miss 2. I think the answer to # 7 is wrong. I chose what they said was the correct answer but.. You could not Physically have 6 people coming in at the same time. 4 at the most. I think # 9 was wrong also. I could have sworn I chose the smallest number. Is 26.5 larger or smaller than 26.58 ?

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                          On #7, that's a very astute observation! The obvious solution, and the one most of us used and were scored as correct, is that all three compartments are full. But of the three, only two will be entering; one will be filled with people leaving. Your answer is technically correct in a real world sense, but when has a mathematician concerned himself with reality? :-D On #9, I don't know which you picked, but 26.58 is clearly 0.08 larger than 26.5. It is normal practice to omit trailing zeroes unless a fixed width format is specified.

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                            On #7, that's a very astute observation! The obvious solution, and the one most of us used and were scored as correct, is that all three compartments are full. But of the three, only two will be entering; one will be filled with people leaving. Your answer is technically correct in a real world sense, but when has a mathematician concerned himself with reality? :-D On #9, I don't know which you picked, but 26.58 is clearly 0.08 larger than 26.5. It is normal practice to omit trailing zeroes unless a fixed width format is specified.

                            Will Rogers never met me.

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                            ledtech3
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                            I picked "A" but without looking at the chart again I can not be sure what the numbers were. If I remember correctly the last 2 in the chart were larger than the first 2.

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                              Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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                              RedDk
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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                10/10 All very easy.

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                                pkfox
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                                Same here Nagy

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                                • V vonb

                                  Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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                                  100% no calculator or pen and paper, cmon guys this is primary school stuff.

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                                  • V vonb

                                    Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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                                    piyush_singh
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                                    Scored 90/100. :cool: (Inspite of using the calculator after Q5 :^) )

                                    Piyush K Singh

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                                    • D Dan Neely

                                      Before being allowed to use one rotted my brain I was able to do problems like 98*76 or 9*876 in my head faster than anyone could tap the buttons on the idiot box and win about half the time with problems like 98*765 or 9*8765. If I wanted to show off I could do problems like 9876*54321 too but had no chance of beating a button masher. My informal test for how clueful grade school teachers were was to see how long it took before they realized that if they were going to offer a prize for a basic in class math-game (generally flashcard speed) that unless they offered them for the top two spots they might as well just save some time and give it to me at the start of the day.

                                      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                                      Simon ORiordan from UK
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                                      Taylor Series Expansion is Maths. This just Arithmetic, chaps.

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                                        Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10490243/OECD-education-report-Test-your-maths.html[^] I had some errors..

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                                        Sander Rossel
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                                        :sigh:

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                                          It is an adaptive quiz that takes into account your answer as well as how long you take to answer. It stopped after 10 for you because it didn't think you can handle any of the harder questions. :)

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                                          The less you answer the higher the mark you get, this will decrease the possibility of errors.

                                          My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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