I guess it's not too late for getting a job in LA...

Those math questions are mostly from Algebra I, which (at least when I took it) was taught in 9th grade.

An 8th grade test should have more questions on long arithmetic and simple geometry (areas, volumes, etc).

"Those math questions are mostly from Algebra I, which (at least when I took it) was taught in 9th grade."

So it should say, "Congratulations, you would be an advanced/home-schooled eight grader"?

I got 10/10, too, but it was mostly luck that I didn't get 9/10.

I *swear* they never told us what a mode was in any of my math classes, but fortunately I recalled reading it online.

This is all my fault for never taking Statistics, too. But 8th grade? Musta changed since my time, which wasn't THAT long ago.

I'm New York City which isn't really surprising because, well, I'm in New York City right now, and have lived here all my life.

I'm Boston, which is very surprising considering I said that the one thing I don't want in a city is cold weather and my favorite region is the South. Strange.

My favorite was number 7:

If .4

40%
None of the above
45%
50%

What does it mean to put "none of the above" in second position? With this ordering, I contend that since 40% is incorrect, "None of the above" is correct. ;-)

>"What does it mean to put "none of the above"
in second position?"

Now that's funny. :)

Darn...I can't accept the 10/10 award. I used
process of elimination on the sequence question.

9/10 is good though.

Send me back to jr high!

Las Vegas? I'm Las Vegas??????

Don't tell my fiancee. Jeez. Too bloody weird, man.

They taught me Algebra I in eighth grade. And that was just a year or two before they started offering Algebra I to seventh graders.

They also taught us about mean/median/mode in third grade.

Maybe the public school system isn't declining, after all.

"You are Austin. You are surrounded by politicians, lobbyists, liberals, and footbal-crazed college students. You are thoroughly congested from 3PM to 9PM."

Actually, it says: "A little bit country, a little bit rock and roll. You're totally weird and very proud of it. Artistic and freaky, you still seem to fit in... in your own strange way."

I'm a little bit Classical and a little bit rock and roll. Pass the chili and crank up the Dvorak.

Austin's a blue city in a red state, so my brand of weird, artistic and freaky is not the same flavor that my state capital is known for.

Oh, I got 10/10 right. And I'm too old to remember 8th grade.

Acually, bill the average math scores have been climbing for years.

The reports of a failing school system are highly exagerated.

Other than a fondness for Mexican food and the west coast, I don't understand why I keep getting L.A. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I got nailed on number 7 too, arguing myself over to the choice "none of the above" on the grounds that a percentage is a different kind of measurement than the decimal or the fraction.

Now I can argue that it is justified, um, because I'm a lit concentrator.

Technically, some authorities consider whole numbers to be negative as well, so I feel I would have argued my way to 10 out of 10.

9/10, not sure what I missed.

And yes, some of it is from 8th grade, other parts are from 9th grade. Pre-Algebra though, not Algebra 1. And a lot of 8th graders in my district were taking pre-algebra.