Gcse maths test

[Drago]

Having said the above I know someone who didn;t manage to get a single GCSE at C or above
direct fail for a lot of them - which takes some doing!

and she had another go and still had the same result

but she is no idiot - very sensible person and is great at working out what to do and stuff
also like classical plays (they have a Shakesphere theatre nearby)

if I needed something doing and she said she could do it I would know it would get done


so GCSE's only test a certain type of intelligence - otehr things matter more

They don't test intelligence at all, only understanding and recall.

 

[MontyVeda]

They don't test intelligence at all, only understanding and recall.

one could argue that intelligence is the ability to understand stuff

 

[PaulSB]

Well 7/7 but am I the only person who thought this question is wrong. The answer is obvious but the question, as far as I can see, makes no sense.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well 7/7 but am I the only person who thought this question is wrong. The answer is obvious but the question, as far as I can see, makes no sense.

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Looks like a misprint following by a failure in checking

 

[gbb]

Well 7/7 but am I the only person who thought this question is wrong. The answer is obvious but the question, as far as I can see, makes no sense.

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Yeah, I pondered a few minutes on that one, went back to make sure, still made no sense so assumed it was a typo.

7/7.

I always struggled with remembering percentage calculations so the 70% of blah blah got me for a minute or two while I racked my brain...got it after 2 or 3 minutes

I.like the idea it's (the test overall) two fold aspect. Read and understand what the question means, then calculate the answer. Lots of people perhaps fail at the first bit

All seems fair enough to me

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Felt like the old CSE level maths.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Some ‘O’ Level questions

 

[DaveReading]

Well 7/7 but am I the only person who thought this question is wrong. The answer is obvious but the question, as far as I can see, makes no sense.

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The question in the original paper (before the MEN tried to turn it into a multiple-choice) was simply: