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This Is Eighth Grade ??
IXL ^
| June 12, 2011
| knarf
Posted on 06/12/2011 5:59:48 AM PDT by knarf
I'm a failure
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: eighth; test
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Looking for something else, I stumbled on this ... took a few questions and realized ... I'd never get into high school.
And if this is any reflection ... how'd I get there in the first place ?
enjoy, all you fathers that got this far and have no idea how we did it.
Happy Father's Day
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posted on
06/12/2011 5:59:54 AM PDT
by
knarf
To: knarf
You don't go into eighth grade knowing this stuff, it's what you learn once you get there.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:03:41 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: philman_36
Yeah ... and I realize it looks like I’ll STAY there for a while ... THAT was my point.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:04:47 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
I was already taking beginning algebra, which is what a lot of the stuff mentioned is, in the seventh grade!
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:05:27 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: knarf
Yeah ... and I realize it looks like Ill STAY there for a while
Aw, man! That's sad. Sucks to be you.
I take it that you use no math skills at work to keep your skills honed.
Most trade skills require math skills.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:07:48 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: knarf
Happy Father's Day Most of us celebrate next week; were your kids preemies?
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:09:54 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: knarf
Wow. I think the organizers have to go back to school.
For the heck of it, I took the first test, got 20/20 and received a grade of 92!!!
Skill practiced Number theory: Factors
Time spent 2 min 31 sec
SmartScore 92
Problems correct 20/20
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:10:10 AM PDT
by
samtheman
To: knarf
It’s all in your head still....All you’d have to do is brush up a bit for a few hrs and you’d pass 8th grade. : ~ )
btw - I think about 40% of the 8th graders would fail.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:12:36 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: knarf
A lot of the beginning math in that group are things we introduce to our kids in fourth grade. They've been working on some of these concepts for several years by eighth grade.
That makes it easier to get through the new stuff ffurther on down that list.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:12:51 AM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
(GAME ON ......Fight Like a Girl!)
To: philman_36
This math is cake for a toolmaker.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:17:33 AM PDT
by
rsobin
To: knarf
They organize math differently now.. they “section” it so in each grade they learn a tiny bit of algebra and geometry .. but the time they hit 8th grade they are ready to put it all together ..
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:20:35 AM PDT
by
RnMomof7
To: philman_36
I'm 63 and I guess if I DID spend some time "brushing up", I'd probably pass, but it was that first glance/attempt that showed me new words and phrases.
I learned LCD, Least Common Denominator not ... whatever it is now.
Actually, I just retired as a truck driver and my job was to make a lot of money and get no sleep, have no life, don't kill you and don't get killed.
The hardest and most demanding part of my job was staying awake and maintaining health.
(Ever get the flu with 102 temp. 600 miles from home, no time nor means to go to a doctor/ER, living in a 3' x 6' bunk?)
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:29:18 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
“An envelope measures 12 centimeters by 9 centimeters. A pencil is placed in the envelope at a diagonal. What is the maximum possible length of the pencil?”
Your Answer: _________ centimeters
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:33:09 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: knarf
Actually, I just retired as a truck driver and my job was to make a lot of money and get no sleep, have no life, don't kill you and don't get killed.
Then you must be well skilled at time/speed/distance problems.
You've got the skills, you just don't realize it.
And now you get to concentrate on the other things you missed out on while driving.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:36:53 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
Hint: a squared + b squared = c squared
a = 12, b = 9, c = ?
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:40:36 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: rsobin
This math is cake for a toolmaker.
I'll take your word for it on that one. That's one trade I never got into.
About the only tool making I got into was making some tool into a hammer when one wasn't at hand. {;^)
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:41:26 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: ETL
THAT one I remember from my roofing days ... Pythagorean Theory;
I think it is ...
The hypoteneuse of a right angle is equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of both sides
Probably worded wrong, but I can finger it out
Your answer ... 15 (I hope/I think)
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:41:59 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: knarf
Correct! That was the first (and only) question I checked. One thing for sure, math and science tests have been severely dumbed down over the past decades. All in the name of “social justice”, you know. /s
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:46:06 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: knarf
“The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle, is equal to the square root of the remaining side.” - Scarecrow, Wizard of Oz
And this was AFTER he got his ‘brainiac award’ from the so-called Wizard! It should of course have been a right triangle.
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:50:59 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: philman_36; rsobin
About the only tool making I got into was making some tool into a hammer when one wasn't at hand. {;^) Just yesterday evening my neighbor was standing there watching me beat a battery cable connector onto my car battery with a pair of vise grips. He says "you want a hammer?" I said "I already have one..."
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posted on
06/12/2011 6:52:15 AM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( He put... creatures... in our bodies... to control our minds.)
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