Two of the three Rs

[vilakins]

I saw Freaky Friday on TV last week and wondered how hard it would be to keep up if I went back to school. And hey, I haven't lost it! Thanks to hobsonphile for the link:

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Easy-peasy and fun!

And here's another test result I found which I never posted at the time. I can't remember who I nicked it from.


You're a Dialogue/Character Writer!

What kind of writer are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

Yep, that sounds right. I love writing dialogue.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Michael is two years older than three times Jennifer's age. If Jennifer is j years old, how would you calculate Michael's age?

I would ask him how old he was. It was this kind of useless calculation that put me off maths... ie no, I did not pass:)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

But it can be regarded as a fun puzzle!

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

It reckons that I only got 9 out of 10 correct, possibly because one of the questions has 2 valid answers IMO.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Which one was that? I just worked each one out and picked my answer.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

The question about what sort of number -7 is. I reckon that two of the options, "whole number" and "integer", are synonyms and that therefore either is a valid answer.

BTW, as someone unfamiliar with the US educational system, what age would eighth graders be?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, that one made me hesitate too.

I think they do a grade a year so you add 8 to 5 or 6 (not sure when they start) so they'd be 13 or 14?

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

I think it caught me out, too.

And 8th grade is usually 13/14. I was 12-13, but I started Grade One early.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I was always a year younger too; I skipped a year back in the infants because I could already read when I started school.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

I was always a year younger too; I skipped a year back in the infants because I could already read when I started school.

Same here. It's my bother's fault - he taught me to read at age 3 with Mad Magazines.

...that just explains so much about me, doesn't it?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

LOL! Mum said I taught myself by following the words on the page as she read to me. I didn't encounter MAD till I was about 13.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pussycat icon, btw!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Claudia and Tessa copy each other's poses all the time, sometimes as mirror images or diagonal ones like yin-yang. The expression had to come from cats doing that. :-)