8th Grade Exam
Ok, all you smart people out there that think the riddles and puzzles I post are too easy. Take a look at this. It’s an eighth-grade final exam from 1895. How do you think you would have done?
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Jun 28th, 2004 at 16:29:42
That’s too much like work, I’m not even going to ATTEMPT that haha.
I am OUT of school!
Jun 28th, 2004 at 16:33:35
What the heck? Okay some of this, I could have answered in 8th grade as I was studying it. I know that there are things on the test that I should know but since my memory is not so good and never has been very good. I dont know them. At least I have heard of the concepts and remember studying it at some pt in my life. Then again there are other things on there that I am not sure that I ever learned.
I think it very interesting how and what we study in life changes over time. I am not sure its always for the better. For example, how my brother was taught to subtract just blows my mind. If you had to solve 78 - 31 = _____ , how would you go about doing that? Would you rewrite the problem to answer it? Curious. I will show you what my brother was taught after some people read this.
Jun 28th, 2004 at 22:13:15
Yeah, their is a new way of doing subtraction. I have a friend that is a teacher, they don’t do carrying and all that… their is some crazy new way. I forget what they call it.
Jun 28th, 2004 at 22:50:47
This I’m interested in…can’t believe they’ve changed how to do math…
Jun 28th, 2004 at 23:21:59
It’s called “regrouping”, beyond that, I don’t know.
Jun 29th, 2004 at 01:21:39
Wow, that’s harder than the last test I had to get my B.S.
Jun 29th, 2004 at 09:10:43
ouch…my head hurts.
Jun 29th, 2004 at 09:34:25
You got me on this 8th grade test! Wow, thanks for the update on the change in how to subtract. I’d like to learn more. I was working with a kid recently on subtracting numbers and he seemed very confused. Oops! Guess I need a little tutoring to get up to speed with the “new math”.
Jun 29th, 2004 at 21:37:27
Yes Jeff you are on the correct path there about the regrouping and no carrying. Basically, they teach you to change the equation to be 78 + (- 31) = ___________. Dont remember the basics past that on how you actually solve the problem. It all seems backwards to me.
Kari, Dont feel bad. When I tried to help my brother in High School with his math, I think I was more confused than he was with this new method.
Jun 29th, 2004 at 23:02:00
I’m um.. busy.
Jun 30th, 2004 at 18:23:52
So you are too busy to take an 8th grade exam?
It really shouldnt be that difficult for you
Jun 30th, 2004 at 21:55:43
With that logic, I shouldn’t be too busy to sit on my own poop and drool on myself either.
Who am I kidding, I do all of these things!
Jul 1st, 2004 at 09:57:04
Nick,
Umm… thanks for ummm… sharing… You’re “special.”
About this test:
So I could answer some of the questions and parts of others, but I definitely don’t think I would pass. I also quit reading it after I realized how little I remember. But in our defense, the 1600’s were a lot more recent to students in 1895 than they are now. And I bet some of those rules have changed/evolved over the years anyway. So I think we shouldn’t let this make us feel too dumb. I mean the 8th graders in 1895 couldn’t write a simple sorting loop.
Jul 3rd, 2004 at 21:45:48
So we should be able to remember things from the oh 1800’s pretty well.