Are you smarter than a sixth grader?

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When is cheryl's birthday?

May 15
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July 14
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July 16
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Are you smarter than a sixth grader?

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Actual math test question in Singapore for 6th graders

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That Cheryl. What a bitch! Albert & Bernard need to look elsewhere.
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Nonc Hilaire wrote:That Cheryl. What a bitch! Albert & Bernard need to look elsewhere.
maybe we should send them a link to beautiful women :lol:
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August 17th.......'>...........
She irons her jeans, she's evil.........
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Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
No But you are between one day and two months of being correct :P
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Had to look -- it's critical to know that Albert and Bernard ONLY communicate to each other in the printed statements.
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Doc wrote:
Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
No But you are between one day and two months of being correct :P
July 16.

1. Eliminate May & June
2. Eliminate 14
3. Eliminate August
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Azrael wrote:
Doc wrote:
Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
No But you are between one day and two months of being correct :P
July 16.

1. Eliminate May & June
2. Eliminate 14
3. Eliminate August

Maybe. But if so it is not logical.

http://mothership.sg/2015/04/p5-logic-q ... -students/
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Bonus questions

A)Is this logical torture of 6th graders?
B)Logical torture of the adults trying to solve it?
C)A Torture of logic itself?
D) All of the above?

And

Is logical torture ever acceptable?


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That's what I did. It was fun.

It would have been torture if I didn't know that Albert and Bernard were telling the truth and if I didn't know that there was a way to deterministically determine the correct answer, rather than just a lucky guess.

Interesting question: if we didn't have Albert's last response, what would be the probability that July 16 is the correct answer?

50% (assuming equal chance between July and August)?
25% (assuming equal chance between all 4 remaining birthdays)?

Something else?

Edit: I think 25%
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Azrael wrote:That's what I did. It was fun.

It would have been torture if I didn't know that Albert and Bernard were telling the truth
That is the rub It does not say that all statements are true. We don't know what either Albert and Bernard were told. I think it is probably whoever wrote the article but standard logic questions like this are suppose to say that all statements are true. What if Bernard was told the "15th"? Maybe albert was mistaken when he said he knew the answer rather than lying?

For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
and if I didn't know that there was a way to deterministically determine the correct answer, rather than just a lucky guess.

Interesting question: if we didn't have Albert's last response, what would be the probability that July 16 is the correct answer?

50% (assuming equal chance between July and August)?
25% (assuming equal chance between all 4 remaining birthdays)?

Something else?

Edit: I think 25%
I think it you would have to evaluate all of the statements one at a time and give the odds for being right in the order they were made to get the percentage. What if Cheryl was not telling the truth? :D
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Doc wrote:
Azrael wrote:That's what I did. It was fun.

It would have been torture if I didn't know that Albert and Bernard were telling the truth
That is the rub It does not say that all statements are true. We don't know what either Albert and Bernard were told. I think it is probably whoever wrote the article but standard logic questions like this are suppose to say that all statements are true. What if Bernard was told the "15th"? Maybe albert was mistaken when he said he knew the answer rather than lying?

For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
and if I didn't know that there was a way to deterministically determine the correct answer, rather than just a lucky guess.

Interesting question: if we didn't have Albert's last response, what would be the probability that July 16 is the correct answer?

50% (assuming equal chance between July and August)?
25% (assuming equal chance between all 4 remaining birthdays)?

Something else?

Edit: I think 25%
I think it you would have to evaluate all of the statements one at a time and give the odds for being right in the order they were made to get the percentage. What if Cheryl was not telling the truth? :D
I don't think that she lied.

She never mentioned the year. :wink:
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suddenly, I have new insight into how people confuse weather with climate..... and computer modeling with reality......

sixth grade computer modeling math classes..... :roll:
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Azrael wrote:
Doc wrote:
Azrael wrote:That's what I did. It was fun.

It would have been torture if I didn't know that Albert and Bernard were telling the truth
That is the rub It does not say that all statements are true. We don't know what either Albert and Bernard were told. I think it is probably whoever wrote the article but standard logic questions like this are suppose to say that all statements are true. What if Bernard was told the "15th"? Maybe albert was mistaken when he said he knew the answer rather than lying?

For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
and if I didn't know that there was a way to deterministically determine the correct answer, rather than just a lucky guess.

Interesting question: if we didn't have Albert's last response, what would be the probability that July 16 is the correct answer?

50% (assuming equal chance between July and August)?
25% (assuming equal chance between all 4 remaining birthdays)?

Something else?

Edit: I think 25%
I think it you would have to evaluate all of the statements one at a time and give the odds for being right in the order they were made to get the percentage. What if Cheryl was not telling the truth? :D
I don't think that she lied.

She never mentioned the year. :wink:
Yeah what a B*tch. ;)
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