Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
Actual math test question in Singapore for 6th graders
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- Nonc Hilaire
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Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
That Cheryl. What a bitch! Albert & Bernard need to look elsewhere.
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Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
maybe we should send them a link to beautiful womenNonc Hilaire wrote:That Cheryl. What a bitch! Albert & Bernard need to look elsewhere.
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Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
August 17th.......'>...........
She irons her jeans, she's evil.........
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
No But you are between one day and two months of being correctMiss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
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Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
Had to look -- it's critical to know that Albert and Bernard ONLY communicate to each other in the printed statements.
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
July 16.Doc wrote:No But you are between one day and two months of being correctMiss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
1. Eliminate May & June
2. Eliminate 14
3. Eliminate August
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Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
Azrael wrote:July 16.Doc wrote:No But you are between one day and two months of being correctMiss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:August 17th.......'>...........
1. Eliminate May & June
2. Eliminate 14
3. Eliminate August
Maybe. But if so it is not logical.
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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?
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
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%
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%
cultivate a white rose
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
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?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
For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
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?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 fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
I don't think that she lied.Doc wrote: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?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
For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
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?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%
She never mentioned the year.
cultivate a white rose
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
suddenly, I have new insight into how people confuse weather with climate..... and computer modeling with reality......
sixth grade computer modeling math classes.....
sixth grade computer modeling math classes.....
Re: Are you smarter than a sixth grader?
Yeah what a B*tch.Azrael wrote:I don't think that she lied.Doc wrote: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?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
For a 6th grade test I think this is over the top even if they stated that all statements are true.
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?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%
She never mentioned the year.
"I fancied myself as some kind of god....It is a sort of disease when you consider yourself some kind of god, the creator of everything, but I feel comfortable about it now since I began to live it out.” -- George Soros