5 August 2013

ACT Education facepalm

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Padoof has been browsing the ACT Scaling Test Sample Questions.

Sadly Q 42 leaves a bit to be desired:

fail

Barcham is at this time keeping mum as to his involvement.

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Padoof said :

A few years ago, when researching some high schools, a large private northside school had information about their ‘stationary requirements’. No, my child didn’t go there!

Wasn’t about parking, was it?

The BSSS have now corrected the errant apostrophe, well done to them for their very quick reponse.

A few years ago, when researching some high schools, a large private northside school had information about their ‘stationary requirements’. No, my child didn’t go there!

thebrownstreak69 said :

DrKoresh said :

switch said :

You mean its not 125g?

I haven’t don’t maths since year 10 but I didn’t think it could be 125g, because there’s no way 10g is 12% of 125.

10 grams is 12.5% of 80 grams.

I guess its isnt then

thebrownstreak6912:38 pm 05 Aug 13

DrKoresh said :

switch said :

You mean its not 125g?

I haven’t don’t maths since year 10 but I didn’t think it could be 125g, because there’s no way 10g is 12% of 125.

10 grams is 12.5% of 80 grams.

switch said :

You mean its not 125g?

I haven’t don’t maths since year 10 but I didn’t think it could be 125g, because there’s no way 10g is 12% of 125.

There used to be a bumper sticker that said “Every teacher is a teacher of English”.

HiddenDragon11:41 am 05 Aug 13

This is what happens when greengrocer’s (ha ha) are employed to write test questions.

You mean its not 125g?

Someone once corrected someone’s daughter’s correct use of its to it’s at her previous school.

Someone buried someone under a rose bush…

It appears we have a new gold mine in the ACT 😛

neanderthalsis10:54 am 05 Aug 13

My calculations puts “it is mass” at 80g.
10g gold ingot from the Perth Mint is over $500.

thebrownstreak6910:41 am 05 Aug 13

80g.

^^^ they even circled what was wrong!

and the answer is A….gold star please! (and none of that 12.5% gold sample either!)

The mistake is circled for those having trouble :p

wasn’t the red circle a giveaway? No possessive involved. Will no-one think of the children…..

They aren’t alone. Check the innovations in punctuation by our silicon overlords …

http://www.apple.com/designed-by-apple/

madscientist10:09 am 05 Aug 13

Ok. I’ve spent an hour trying to figure out what exactly was wrong with that question. Took a while to realise it wasn’t the maths.

They haven’t defined “impurities”. Since the subject of the sentence appears to be gold-bearing sediment, is gold the impurity? Or is there something else in the sediment? And what per cent does that other thing make up?

I know, right? As if anyone can believe a sediment sample contains 12.5% gold.

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