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That's really sad - and who is Carol what's-her-name?
(OK , I used to be a math teacher...)
7th May 2009 4:16 pm
shopbobby
Member Since: 08 Mar 2008
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 166
9/10
It was the last one that got me, so I got my Yr9 14 yr old to take the test, glad to report that he also got the last one wrong (However he did guess it right first time, but i questioned him so he changed his mind! and got it wrong)
I couldnt of coped if he got a better score than me
However the level dosent surprise me that much, talking to his teachers the work they are doing now and the results from tests means he would get a GCSE B if he took it today. Still got 2 years of study to go. RLD Sump Guard & Spare Wheel Protector, 19 GoodYear Wrangler, 17in Maxxis Bighorns
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7th May 2009 4:20 pm
stapldm
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I got 10/10 but had to deduce the last Q; it didn't look like two graphs I knew so it must have been the other...
I remember my Maths O-Level paper was a lot harder than this, with lots of solve x when ducks are equal to asteroids type equations, and calculate the angle of a triangle if the sides have these dimensions, and if a train was travelling towards London at 60MPH then how many hours late could it be without being classified as late types of questions. I was/am utter at maths too.
Bear in mind that :
1) In the actual exam, although the bulk of questions would be like these to assess basic understandings, a few questions would be a lot harder and would be used to separate the Ds from the A*s
2) This test was created by the media and therefore will have been biassed to allow it to illustrate a story. I'm guessing the point at the time it was created was that exams are much easier than they used to be. Again. Again.
Chief Ed wrote:
Blow the cobwebs off that "exams are getting easier" story Daphne! It my be a slow news week but thankfully it's school exam time!
3) It's still a good feeling to get high scores, even when you know it's a fix Thanks for the 3 minute diversion from work Right; Back on my head...
Edit : Is it me, or are the questions in this the same as the 11+ papers when they existed?Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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7th May 2009 4:26 pm
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Last one wrong too
Actually, i think i am really poor at maths, But i use Pi all the time, so that was lucky, and I actually remember having to knock up a bit of code to convert Hex to centigrade values correctly with an almost identical curve plot to that.
But trust me, i can't add up the score on 3 darts in a reasonable time to save my life.
Perhaps its and age thing.
I was schooled in an age where calculators started to become the norm, i took mine apart in histort to see how it worked, i guess some things never change, Anyway more or less since then i have always had technology in some corm constantly by my side to lean on. And i noted that very few of the questions were outright sums and those that were, were actually the hardest for me.
Perhaps older people might have found those type questions easier yet things like Pi harder.
7th May 2009 4:38 pm
npinks
Member Since: 31 Jan 2008
Location: Leeds
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for those who want a little bit more of a question this was posted on another forum i pop into
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Ok my little sister is stuck and I can't work out how to do the question either so I put it to you guys to have a crack and see if anyone knows it, here goes.
In this question, a + b are numbers where a = b + 2
The sum of a and b is equal to the product of a and b
Show that a and b are not integers.
I can't do it but I'm sure someone can.
His sister is in year 9 apparently (Year 9 of Uni presume as i ain't a clue)
In this question, a + b are numbers where a = b + 2
The sum of a and b is equal to the product of a and b
Show that a and b are not integers.
To begin with, I thought:
a=3 and b=1 since
1(b) + 2 = 3 (a)
1(b) x 3 (a) also = 3
However, I cannot show that they are not integers as both 1 and 3 are integers...........
will keep looking at it..........
Edit........ That's wrong as I haven't read the question fully...... The older I get, the more I realise that people confuse wrinkles for wisdom
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7th May 2009 5:58 pm
stapldm
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npinks wrote:
In this question, a + b are numbers where a = b + 2
The sum of a and b is equal to the product of a and b
Show that a and b are not integers.
a+b = a * b
a = (a+b) / b
but a = b + 2
so
b + 2 = (a+b) / b
b + 2 = (a/b) + (b/b)
b+ 2 = 1 + (a/b)
b = (a/b) - 1
... and at this point I give up randomly doing stuff and leave it alone exactly like I would have done in the exam Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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(However he did guess it right first time, but i questioned him so he changed his mind! and got it wrong)
at maths too.
Thanks for the 3 minute diversion from work 
Right; Back on my head...
