how smart are you

[cuznjohn]

i got 5 on it, and they say bill gates got 3

http://www.mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm

[Bob Denman]

10...
Stupid Ark question... :gaah:

[Navvet]

I got 11 ......


Guess i am not riding enough !!! (spending too much time at this Compu-tater)

[Bob Denman]

I got 11 .....
:clap::firstplace::2thumbs::bowdown:

[Cavman]

Seven. It would have been eight if I had taken the first pill right away instead waiting 1/2 hour.

[mowin]

6, but I don't agree with #6. 30 ÷ by.1/2 is not 60.... common core at its finest.:dontknow: but I get the trick...

[Peter Aawen]

i got 5 on it, and they say bill gates got 3

http://www.mikescomputerinfo.com/inteltest.htm


:hun: Not that it really means much, but did Bill Gates get 3 correct? Or 3 in-correct?? :dontknow:

Me, I'm with NavyVet - maybe it's something to do with the Navy background & the way we learn to look at things? Altho I'm sure that I'm not ryding enough!! :banghead: :sour:

[Bob Denman]

6, but I don't agree with #6. 30 ÷ by.1/2 is not 60.... common core at its finest.:dontknow: but I get the trick...

:shocked: Ummm... yes; it is. nojoke
If you simply think of it as "How many 1/2s, can you fit into 30: it makes sense...
Old Math: VERY old Math! :D
Since we all have calculators handy: divide 30 by .5, and see what pops up.

[Zip]

11 here


:shocked: Ummm... yes; it is. nojoke
If you simply think of it as "How many 1/2s, can you fit into 30: it makes sense...
Old Math: VERY old Math! :D
Since we all have calculators handy: divide 30 by .5, and see what pops up.

Bob, you saying that you are Old VERY old :roflblack:

[cuznjohn]

hey now that i know the answers, i got them all right

[Bob Denman]

"Bob, you saying that you are Old VERY old http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/images/smilies/roflblack.gif "


:D I'm not quite as old as the hills...

But I can remember when they were just big piles of dirt! nojoke

[mowin]

:shocked: Ummm... yes; it is. nojoke
If you simply think of it as "How many 1/2s, can you fit into 30: it makes sense...
Old Math: VERY old Math! :D
Since we all have calculators handy: divide 30 by .5, and see what pops up.

Well.

My wife tried explaining it to me, but I just can't figure out how you can divide something, and get a higher #?

Next you'll be telling me 30 x 2 = 15.....:gaah:

[Bob Denman]

No...
But I while mention that thirty times one-half, is fifteen...
...And thirty divided by one-half, is still sixty! :D

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[Chupaca]

Test says my love life will be bitchin...!! :roflblack:

[pegasus1300]

!0 out of 11. Should have taken those pills quicker.

[woodyaa]

11 here


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[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

I got 8, can't believe i messed up on moses ark, it's fred's ark

[Bob Denman]

I got 8, can't believe i messed up on moses ark, it's fred's ark
:shocked: But not that Fred...

It's the OTHER Fred! :D

[BajaRon]

Well.

My wife tried explaining it to me, but I just can't figure out how you can divide something, and get a higher #?
Next you'll be telling me 30 x 2 = 15.....:gaah:

You're looking at it wrong.

If you asked a cashier to give you change for 30 One Dollar Bills in 50 cent pieces, you would be dividing each dollar by 1/2. You would end up with 60, 50 cent pieces in the deal. If the cashier gave you 15, 50 cent pieces for your $30.00 you'd be pretty upset.

I got all 11 right. It's simply a matter of perspective and reading the questions literally instead of interpreting them according to the common language we use every day.

But I do have an issue with the ark question Actually, Noah brought 7 of each sex of the 'Clean' animals (those used in sacrifice) onto the ark. So they got 1 wrong with the inaccurate question. However, the answer would still be the same.

[ARtraveler]

Well.

My wife tried explaining it to me, but I just can't figure out how you can divide something, and get a higher #?

Next you'll be telling me 30 x 2 = 15.....:gaah:

30 divided by 1/2 = 30 divided by .5 = 60

It took me awhile. :thumbup:

[ARtraveler]

I only got a six this go around. I knew they were trick questions, but did not know they were that tricky. :roflblack::roflblack:

[Bob Denman]

You and my Missus scored the same! :clap: :thumbup:
(She got wiped out with the Math questions...)

[OJ UK]

10 here!!

[mowin]

30 divided by 1/2 = 30 divided by .5 = 60

It took me awhile. :thumbup:

:gaah:

Nope still doesn't make sense.

[Bob Denman]

This is easy... just like Ron said:
Take a piece of paper, and cut it into 30 small pieces.
(Actually: this would be one, divided by 30...)
Now take each of those thirty pieces of paper, and cut them in half... (That's dividing by two...)
How much of mess do you have on the table in front of you? :D

That's right: 60! :thumbup:

[BajaRon]

This is easy... just like Ron said:
Take a piece of paper, and cut it into 30 small pieces.
(Actually: this would be one, divided by 30...)
Now take each of those thirty pieces of paper, and cut them in half... (That's dividing by two...)
How much of mess do you have on the table in front of you? :D

That's right: 60! :thumbup:

Not exactly. And I think this is where people derail on this one.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd365/BajaRon/Math_zpsn8mcv090.jpg~original

[Bob Denman]

:D I just wanted him to make a big mess on the table... :roflblack:

[BajaRon]

:D I just wanted him to make a big mess on the table... :roflblack:

I think we have both succeeded in that! Yours being on the table. Mine being in the head!

I think taking 2 aspirin and watching a sitcom will solve the problem! :thumbup:

[Bob Denman]

Rob,
You know that I love you like a Brother... :thumbup:
But are we getting a bit close to the edge of this yet?

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If you take notice of the signature: I think that CruzrJoe said this first! :D

[Peter Aawen]

For what it's worth...
(but I hafta agree with Bob that this is nowhere near as entertaining as watching someone divide 30 squares of paper into 60 1/2 sized pieces :roflblack: )

30 divided by 1/2 .... or 30/(1/2) [B]Buuut - Wasn't the old rule to make things easier about 'Reducing when dividing by Fractions' = 'invert the fraction before multiplying'?

Sooooo, if we are going to do that, it gives us something like this:

30/(1/2) - but now we know (remember) the 'make it easier' rule = invert the fraction & then multiply it out, which means it now shows as;

= 30 x 2/1;

= (30 x 2) / 1 (& since 30 x 2 = 60 but we've still got the 'divide by 1' to reduce that means);

= 60/1 -- & since one set of 60 anything still = 60, the answer hasta be;

= 60

:thumbup:

[ARtraveler]

This is easy... just like Ron said:
Take a piece of paper, and cut it into 30 small pieces.
(Actually: this would be one, divided by 30...)
Now take each of those thirty pieces of paper, and cut them in half... (That's dividing by two...)
How much of mess do you have on the table in front of you? :D

That's right: 60! :thumbup:

You would make a good math teacher. :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

[mowin]

I need more than aspirin. I need valium.

[retread]

1/2 is 1 divided by 2, which equals .5, so 30 divided by .5 equals 60.

john

[Bob Denman]

I need more than aspirin. I need valium.

:D

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[Bob Denman]

You would make a good math teacher. :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:

:yikes: I was allergic to School back then; and I'm pretty sure that I still am!
When I got my Diploma: ALL of the Teachers stood up and cheered... they don't want to have to see me again! :shocked: