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Thursday, October 27, 2005
It's a miracle!
| You Passed 8th Grade Math |
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(via Scripting News, and I did better than Dave Winer! (Well, except for that whole skipping 8th grade thing.))
Confession: Ok, first, I used a calculator on some questions and, secondly, I guessed wildly on that mode/median/standard deviation question. But that's not exactly cheating, really.
Posted by denise at 11:28 PM | Comments (4) | Weird Stuff
Say it.
I wish I knew which one I supposedly got wrong, because I think I know which one it was, and I thought the problem was ambiguous, it depended on how you applied parentheses. All these years of programming have taught me a set of precedence rules that may not apply to 8th grade algebra. And if it had appeared on regular test, I have a feeling they would have laid out the formula so there was no question how to interpret it. In any case, I'll take the 9 out of 10. ;->
Posted by: Dave Winer at October 27, 2005 11:44 PM
PS: I guessed on the mode vs median question too. ;->
Posted by: Dave Winer at October 27, 2005 11:45 PM
Wow...Denise...you da chick! You need to print out the comments and frame 'em! ;-)
Posted by: Eric at October 28, 2005 09:13 PM
Dave, I hope this doesn't mean you missed out on the joys of "My Dear Aunt Sally", the mnemonic device for the precedence rule "Multiply Divide Add Subtract" (which for some reason doesn't include "do the stuff in parenthesis first" rule.)?
Eric, should I go with the gilt frame or the low-key chrome frame OR this new-wave double glass pane deal that actually has no frame? ;-)
Posted by: denise at October 28, 2005 10:00 PM