Math Puzzle

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I did it all. I found the typos and errors quite frustrating. For example, in the square problem, he doesn't define what he means by twice as big, but judging from the answer that works, he meant twice as much area, and not twice as big diagonally across or twice as big a perimeter. This is by no means a standard definition of twice as big in mathematics. Also you have to guess how many significant figures he wants as putting in the wrong number of digits gives incorrect results. This could have been remedied by making all numbers be perfect integers. Poorly designed for a mathematics person if the designer is one.

[/ QUOTE ]A little poking around shows that the link we were given jumps to the start, while others would have received an instruction that digits after the decimal place were to be ignored.

[mackthefork]

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It does that when you enter the incorrect answer...

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Oh well I put in 0 for that one about 100 times before I tried 777.

Mack

PEMDAS is fun :P I hate those skill question to win a bag of chips or something cheap.

[mackthefork]

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PEMDAS

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I'll probably be sorry but ?

Mack

Good old order of operation learned in high school
PEMDAS
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication and Division
Addition and Subtraction

[metsmaniac823]

Also learned it as:

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

which is queer, so a much hipper one (if such a thing could be said) is:

Please End My Day At School

[durron597]

I got held up with problem 7 when I didn't realize the question said "meters" instead of "kilometers" for the amount under the water.

[chezlaw]

Was this test designed for anything in particular apart from a bit of fun?

chez

[DougShrapnel]

I am unaware of any purpose, He has similiar puzzles. http://www.etienne.nu/

[chezlaw]

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I am unaware of any purpose, He has similiar puzzles. http://www.etienne.nu/

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