kitchen table math, the sequel: what is basic for a high school senior?

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

what is basic for a high school senior?




update - wrong, wrong, wrong

I'm sorry..... this is completely wrong.

I didn't hit the "Submit" button, so the page stayed on its default 4th grade position.

This problem is Below Basic for 12th graders.

Must go back now and check whether the function problem is listed in the category I assumed.

16 comments:

Instructivist said...

I can't figure out how to use a calculator to answer this question.

The mind boggles.

Catherine Johnson said...

I know.

The question itself is labeled "calculator available."

Catherine Johnson said...

I'm going to put up a couple of the proficient questions for 12th grade.

Scary stuff ---- just in time for Halloween.

Anonymous said...

""6. What fraction of the figure is shaded?"

Oooh ... oooh ... I know.

<Dramatic pause ...>

The *LEFT* fraction.

I did not use a calculator.

-Mark Roulo

Redkudu said...

"The *LEFT* fraction."

I'm STILL laughing over this one.

Catherine Johnson said...

C. told me tonight, proudly, that the other kids in his class hate fractions, but he does not.

Also, he is doing the best of the worst kids; he is the top of the bottom of the class.

We are shooting for bottom of the middle.

Catherine Johnson said...

then middle of the middle

the sky's the limit

Anonymous said...

This isn't quite as entertaining, but the fraction problem above is for 4th graders, not high school seniors.

Check out the link:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/portal.asp?questionlist=2007-4M7:6

-Mark R.

Anonymous said...

Er, it's actually quite simple, but you need an expensive calculator.

Cut the calculator into 5 equal pieces.

Shade 2 of them.

Then the answer is...

Anonymous said...

It's lonely in the middle.

I think Richard Burton said that.

Unknown said...

Ahhh, basic for a fourth grader. That explains while all my 3rd graders taught with Singapore Math could figure it out without the calculator.

Spooky!

Unknown said...

Has anyone printed out the sample questions from the NAEP test? I'd love to give it to my 3rd grade and see how they do!

Catherine Johnson said...

Yes!

You're right!

THIS IS A FOURTH GRADE PROBLEM!!

(didn't hit the re-set button -- will have to check whether I labeled the other problems correctly)

Catherine Johnson said...

That explains while all my 3rd graders taught with Singapore Math could figure it out without the calculator.

lollll

Catherine Johnson said...

re: "lonely in the middle"

My favorite greeting card ever, which I probably still have stashed away in a box somewhere, had a harshly lit, B&W photo of a hard-bitten woman standing over her sink washing dishes & smoking a cigarette while wearing a cropped fur coat.

The legend inside was, "I clawed my way to the middle."

Catherine Johnson said...

Cassy -- the problems should be easy to print out, though why anyone would listen to me at this point, I don't know.

Each question page has a "Print" command.

I think there are lots of other problem sets, too....

I'll also find the old links at ktm-1.

I posted a lot of problems there a couple of years ago.