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Forum: Internet Links Topic: Are You Smarter than a 3rd Grader? started by: thibodeaux Posted by thibodeaux on May 04 2013,15:39
< http://math.stackexchange.com/questio....r-is-it >I'm pretty sure I'd make the teacher cry. Posted by Malcolm on May 04 2013,16:26
QUOTE I don't understand what's wrong with this question. I think the student answered the question wrong, yet my friend insists the student got the question right. I feel like I'm missing something critical here. What am I thinking wrong? Sarcasm overload. Must get a beer. Posted by TheCatt on May 04 2013,18:08
Oh man... when I was in high school physics the teacher asked a question like:A car linearlly accelerates from 10m/s to 20m/s over 10s. How far did it go? (Or a rocket, or whatever). Her answer: 50m My answer: 150m I "got it wrong" Posted by Malcolm on May 04 2013,19:40
How did you get it wrong? There are formula that are literally single equations for that sort of shit. Multiple choice?
Posted by TheCatt on May 05 2013,03:51
No, free form test. She somehow thought that the base 10 m/s could be discarded. And treated the problem as accelerating me 0m/s to 10m/s.Me: Well, a vehicle going 10m/s over 10s would go 100m. Yet this one was going faster, but didnt go as far? Her: That's an entirely different problem. Posted by thibodeaux on May 05 2013,06:44
.5 * a * t^2 + v0 * t
Posted by Malcolm on May 05 2013,09:06
(TheCatt @ May 05 2013,05:51) QUOTE Her: That's an entirely different problem. I would have responded with, "Ok, let's test this theory of yours." Then I would have found the nearest calculus textbook and thrown it directly at her. Posted by TheCatt on May 05 2013,12:50
Well, I was in 10th grade, I didn't know calculus yet... but, like Thib's formula, it's a square plus a triangle.
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