LOGO
General Discussion Undecided where to post - do it here.

Reply to Thread New Thread
Old 06-20-2011, 07:49 PM   #1
clapsoewmred

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
618
Senior Member
Default Anyone willing to take a stab at the high school math exam, Russian style?
In Soviet Russia, math exam takes YOU!
clapsoewmred is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 08:02 PM   #2
OWDavid

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
464
Senior Member
Default
How are people supposed to solve this??? The writing's so small in the thumbnail, I can hardly see anything! /genius
OWDavid is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 08:15 PM   #3
abouthotels

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
541
Senior Member
Default
American tests have a lot of word problems in which the difficulty is in evaluating the problem and determining what to do to solve it. I notice our Soviet counterparts do not get tested on thinking in such an indirect manner.

Once again, the Russian system produces a bunch of (respectful) drones in contrast to the American system...
abouthotels is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 08:19 PM   #4
BeaseHoca

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
404
Senior Member
Default
So basically, you suck.
Do you know the trigonometric functions off the top of your head, *******?

I haven't even seen that **** since high school eight years ago
BeaseHoca is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 08:26 PM   #5
ligeplodore

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
389
Senior Member
Default
is 9 242?
ligeplodore is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:02 PM   #6
SingleMan

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
459
Senior Member
Default
Test doesn't seem unreasonable.
SingleMan is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:12 PM   #7
advabHixavoip

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
362
Senior Member
Default
I never liked it how communist countries select and classify people.

In Croatia you can solve none and still be president or premier
advabHixavoip is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:17 PM   #8
blodwarttufla

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
430
Senior Member
Default
242 is the answer if it's the space diagonal - 6 * (11 / sqrt(3))^2
blodwarttufla is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:18 PM   #9
UvgpXK0J

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
503
Senior Member
Default
Nice to know my brain hasn't totally turned to mush as I've gotten older. And to think I was warned about doing all those drugs when I was younger.
I've never tried it, but I imagine that thinking while smoking pot is like running while carrying weights - you train while at a disadvantage so that you're that much more on the ball when you need to think/run for real.
UvgpXK0J is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:26 PM   #10
italertb

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
419
Senior Member
Default
I've never tried it, but I imagine that thinking while smoking pot is like running while carrying weights - you train while at a disadvantage so that you're that much more on the ball when you need to think/run for real.
But whenever I have problems pulling up something from memory (especially names) I do wonder if my inability to do it quickly is related to age or experiences.
italertb is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:34 PM   #11
jeockammece

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
485
Senior Member
Default
If you've never done drugs then what's your excuse for sucking at math?
I don't remember how to do that stuff. If I took a refresher course, I could do it. Judging by the ease of the arithmetic questions, the test is not difficult at all.

I had a 1360 SAT so I didn't suck at math when this stuff was recent knowledge.
jeockammece is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 09:49 PM   #12
RaicickKida

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
388
Senior Member
Default
Now thank everyone for doing your math homework for you
RaicickKida is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 10:52 PM   #13
EvonsRorgon

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
438
Senior Member
Default
Had a looked through them, answered the first 9 in my head. Couldn't be arsed investing time in the rest. Are Russian students this thick?
EvonsRorgon is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 11:30 PM   #14
Karlmarks

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
504
Senior Member
Default
Also, has the SAT scoring system changed since Alby took the SATs cuz I think his score is just over half of mine.

EDIT: 2260/2400 or 1550/1600. Those were easy tests. I honestly should have done better, but I didn't want to retake them.

Oh yeah, and 800 on the physics SAT II and 770 on Math Level 2 SAT II. Honestly should have had a perfect on the math but I think I forgot to answer a question.
Karlmarks is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 11:33 PM   #15
Pharmadryg

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
435
Senior Member
Default
In the old days there were only two sections so the max was 1600, not 2400. (If I remember correctly from the stone ages.)
Pharmadryg is offline


Old 06-20-2011, 11:48 PM   #16
mr.nemo

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
446
Senior Member
Default
I usually lost the most points on the college board's reading sections, mainly because I had (relative) difficulty guessing what they wanted you to answer on the ambiguous questions.
mr.nemo is offline


Old 06-21-2011, 01:17 AM   #17
c2siOlIk

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
461
Senior Member
Default
Skimmed the test, nothing interesting. It looks pretty good for a national HS-level exam.
c2siOlIk is offline


Old 06-21-2011, 09:38 AM   #18
emorbimefed

Join Date
Nov 2005
Posts
443
Senior Member
Default
EDIT: 2260/2400 or 1550/1600. Those were easy tests. I honestly should have done better, but I didn't want to retake them.
I had slightly higher scores, therefore I'm smarter then you
emorbimefed is offline


Old 06-21-2011, 10:05 AM   #19
Oppofeescom

Join Date
Dec 2005
Posts
444
Senior Member
Default
Also, has the SAT scoring system changed since Alby took the SATs cuz I think his score is just over half of mine.

EDIT: 2260/2400 or 1550/1600. Those were easy tests. I honestly should have done better, but I didn't want to retake them.

Oh yeah, and 800 on the physics SAT II and 770 on Math Level 2 SAT II. Honestly should have had a perfect on the math but I think I forgot to answer a question.
I just checked the percentile business... I was 97th percentile in reading and.... 81st percentile in Math. I'm not strong at math. Nothing I don't already know. I'm still not a retard at math at 81st percentile.
Oppofeescom is offline


Old 06-21-2011, 10:27 AM   #20
Poothevokprot

Join Date
Oct 2005
Posts
601
Senior Member
Default
Just because a lot of other people struggle with easy math questions doesn't mean you don't suck.
Just so you know, there is no doubt in my mind that if I took a refresher course and re-learned that trig and geometry, that I could do those problems on that Russian test easily and accurately. The arithmetic questions that didn't require that base knowledge were a complete joke. If that is indicative of the other questions, then my inability to answer them is entirely due to my lack of knowledge on how to solve sin/cos/tan and geometry and if I had that knowledge, I could answer them easily.
Poothevokprot is offline



Reply to Thread New Thread

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 

All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:56 AM.
Copyright ©2000 - 2012, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
Design & Developed by Amodity.com
Copyright© Amodity