Quiz: Could You Pass Eighth Grade Math?

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Quiz: Could You Pass Eighth Grade Math?

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Click here for the quiz itself.
The math quiz test thingy wrote:Magna Cum Laude!
You clearly have a handle on what the Illinois State Board of Education thinks an 8th-grader should know.You got 15/16 correct.
I got the one with the flower pot wrong. Still, I'm pretty damn please with myself, since it's been...*calculates in head*...twelve years since I was in eighth grade. :D
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I missed the same question.

Hmm, I wonder if there's a connection...
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Magna Cum Laude!
You clearly have a handle on what the Illinois State Board of Education thinks an 8th-grader should know.You got 15/16 correct.
I'm embarresed 'cos i got the "Which number is larger..." wrong. Doing A-level mathcs does help.

edit: and what does Magna Cum Laude mean anyway?
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I got the cube and the field wrong because of stupid mistakes.
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Yay I can still get Summa Cum Laude after 15 years of not being in the 8th grade. :P
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Cum Laude- With honors

Magna Cum Laude- With high honors

Summa Cum Laude- With greatest honors

Actually since my latin is beyond rough...I hope I got them semi right.
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I missed 3 but I did all the work in my head except for #16.
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Magna Cum Laude!
You clearly have a handle on what the Illinois State Board of Education thinks an 8th-grader should know.You got 16/16 correct.
So, Zaia, where's my kiss? :wink:


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Fuck, no. I'm basically math-illiterate. Which is why my IQ scores are usually lower than they should be.
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I got 13 out of 16. But, I wasn't concentrating on some.

I don't think there's anyone that considers 13 out of 16 on a real test good, but if there is, they'd probably say: W00t! I 1z smrt!
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Perfect score.

Are you all retarded? Come on.
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kojikun wrote:Perfect score.

Are you all retarded? Come on.
I don't quite think that was necessary.
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16/16, with no calculator usage. Strange thing is I remember gr.8 math being easier than that, though I can't say for certain unless I can find my notes from way back then. I'll gladly admit that I probably have the math skills of a gr.11 student right now, I haven't taken any math courses in a couple years and I haven't really touched any math other than some basic statistics since then. I'll be lucky if I still remember how to do a derivative!
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Magna Cum Laude!
You clearly have a handle on what the Illinois State Board of Education thinks an 8th-grader should know.You got 16/16 correct.


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16/16

all too easy, you are not as powerful as the Emporer has forseen.



That wasn't difficult at all. The only one I had a problem with was 15 as I didn't know what congruent meant. I guessed it meant equal and that is what I picked.
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16/16

Ya mofos.

Although, that may be because I am in 9th grade math. I can remember 8th grade math like it was yesterday...And boy did that really suck. FUCK YOU MRS. JONES! :evil:
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16/16, but I confess that it would have been easier if I had used a calculator. My mental-math skills are a bit rusty.
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Colonel Olrik wrote:
Magna Cum Laude!
You clearly have a handle on what the Illinois State Board of Education thinks an 8th-grader should know.You got 16/16 correct.
So, Zaia, where's my kiss? :wink:


There has got to be some advantages in being an engineer

*chuckles* Oh, alright. How can I argue with that? *kisses Olrik* :wink:
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9/16!!!!!!!
OMFG!!!!!!
Well that would explain me having a 76 in the Math A regents.......

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Darth Wong wrote:16/16, but I confess that it would have been easier if I had used a calculator. My mental-math skills are a bit rusty.
It's late and my brain is off, but I was thinking something like this..

atan(3/4).. atan(3/4).. Damn, this sounds familiar, but it's not a regular number.. I can't believe the kids are asked this.. Fuck, I can't believe I need a calculator.. wait.. hold on.. There's a rule about rectangular triangles.. Oh.. h^2= c1^2+c2^2.. of course.

I then felt stupid :evil:
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I got them all right. Did all but 14 and 16 in my head. Would have gone so much faster if I wasn't tired right now.

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Zaia wrote: *chuckles* Oh, alright. How can I argue with that? *kisses Olrik* :wink:
Yay!!! :P

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15/16. Magna Cum Laude

Accidentally and subconciously hit the answer of "18 inches" #3, because I was flying through the exam, and I saw the number "18 inches" on the test question. That's what I get for not paying enough attention. Tricksy hobittsesss, trying to trick usss, preciousss.

Other than that, the test was quite easy. :D
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Colonel Olrik wrote:Yay!!! :P

Zaia likes me, Zaia likes me!
Of course I do, ya bonehead. :D

lukexcom wrote:That's what I get for not paying enough attention. Tricksy hobittsesss, trying to trick usss, preciousss.
Heehee. Me likes this n00b. :mrgreen:
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