You've done the English, now time for the maths test

[jeremyc]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4263590.stm

Enjoy. :D

[Chim450]

Easy peasy, 20/20.

[FunkyGibbon]

Chim450 said:

Easy peasy, 20/20.

me too - same for the english test as well

must get out more

[Raify]

17, and I guessed a few (correctly!). Funnily enough, this is the first time I've had to use Pythagoras' rule since I learnt it 14 years ago!

[Alex]

I got 20/20 although Q16 and Q17 could both have two correct answers; Q17 gives them both!

[hedders]

I guess i should get out less!

11/20!

Having said that, I was not great at maths in school and only got a pass at CSE level 22 years ago. I am sure there are kids leaving school today with better results than i got who would not score as well as i just did on this test

[JagLover]

Only 17/20 for me

[mxdi]

Im on Q9 and got 3 wrong already, isosceles, and the two that have the symbols with the negative thing above the number- dont recall ever doing these at school?

Are we allowed to use calculators?

[Liszt]

19 because I rushed and made a silly mistake.
Still, the 3,4,5 rule was right there.

Forgot how much I enjoyed pure maths

[speedychrissie]

20/20

its not too tricky altho i wouldnt have been able to do some of it if i hadnt done maths past GCSE

chris

[Alex]

speedychrissie said:

20/20 its not too tricky altho i wouldnt have been able to do some of it if i hadnt done maths past GCSE chris

Really? My O-Level had all the questions covered.

See it's true, standards HAVE dropped!

[nightdriver]

20/20 easy peasy, I hope no ones using calculators

[alexkp]

20/20

No calculators used.

I'm fine at mental arithmatic, but never really got interested in algebra etc.

[mxdi]

17/20

but that was 3 guessed and about 3 with calculator, but then I only used calculator on 1 that i needed it, couldnt be arsed to go find pen and paper to do the others.

TBH I have never had to use stuff like this since school, why do they teach it? Surely how to manage money would be a far better outlet for kids.

[mxdi]

I'm a failure

[ZR1cliff]

14/20,ive got rusty and i use the 3,4,5, rule in Bricklaying setting out angles.

[yertis]

Oh no! sums!

[staceyb]

19/20 got the triangle wrong and i only did my gcse's 5 years ago and got a b so not bad me tinks

[titiany]

19/20.

I forgot about the whole factors thing.

[Hanslow]

Wasn't sure on the one which contained the square root of 64, seeing as though it could have been +8 or -8

Knew what they were expecting so I guessed right

20/20 for me.

That blew my mind when I was doing maths at school when for the first time, I was shown that a square root of a number has two possible values.