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Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader?
New submitter newslash.formatb points to this Washington Post blog post, which "discusses the National Assessment of Educational Progress test (specifically, the math part). One of the school board members took it and was unable to answer any of the 60 math questions, though he guessed correctly on 10 of them. He then goes on to claim that the math isn't relevant to many people. P.S. — if you want to feel like Einstein, check out some sample questions." Maybe this is mostly about the kind of life skills that are sufficient to succeed in management.
That a reasonably intelligent person cannot answer the following question: 1. (47 x 75) ÷ 25 = ... You can use a calculator.
Don't act surprised. We're talking about the country where some dumb fucks managed to make creationism part of the school curriculum.
My guess is that you are not on a school board and instead are doing some productive work.
If you just sit around lazily all day, your muscles atrophy due to a lack of usage. If you're on a school board, something similar happens with your brain, it seems.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Hush! With kids too stupid to do basic math, we have job security to the grave and beyond!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Well, if you thought you couldn't use a calculator, it means you failed a comprehension test (the text clearly stated you could use one). Maybe that was the real test?
Exactly - this guy is so bad at maths that his educated guesses are actually worse than sheer random chance.
Impressive.
You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
That is why I have an engineering degree from a world class university and this guy is a Teacher.
I did that and I don't have a degree.
Or an attitude.
No sig today...
It doesn't matter how many you multiply 0 by, n times 0 is still 0.
(Both 4th graders and 10th graders don't earn anything. Quite the contrary, they sometimes pay for studies)
I totally destroyed those 4th graders.
That was just the ego boost I needed for the day.
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