Best Math question ... ever !!

Just had to share this with the team !

http://i.imgur.com/PZy3YYH.jpg

I'm sure I would have gotten that one wrong.

I'm pretty sure one of my old high school teachers would have gave partial credit for that one for amusement...lol

It was her final year, and while being a good teacher overall, she definitely stretched the rules a bit. I was her teacher's aide since I had a free period, but she still let me grade some physics tests although I was currently a student in her class! She graded my 100% test over circuits/ohm's law, so she apparently was cool with me grading some. One student's paper that she previously graded was significantly worked on but had several errors, and she briskly wrote 8/20 on it with little explanation. I tried to defend the student's work and that maybe she was too harsh. I was allowed to regrade it. But all that ended up doing is me pointing out each of her errors and each individual deduction and I gave an 8.5/20...lol This same student also once tried to tell me this joke: "What's the square root of 69?" I responded with 8.3 something, and she had to guide me to the joke's punchline...doh The girl was a lot thinner at the 10 yr reunion though, so I'll give her props for that. :) Too bad I wasn't single at the time...lol

Edit: I just reread the question though and yeah he actually deserves full credit, and I miss that one too. lol

I might have answered with probability = what, as the math question does not end in a question mark. It therefore becomes a statement... what is the probability...

So I would solve with what = 0 and get bonus marks.

Quote: tringlomane

I'm pretty sure one of my old high school teachers would have gave partial credit for that one for amusement...lol

It was her final year, and while being a good teacher overall, she definitely stretched the rules a bit. I was her teacher's aide since I had a free period, but she still let me grade some physics tests although I was currently a student in her class! She graded my 100% test over circuits/ohm's law, so she apparently was cool with me grading some. One student's paper that she previously graded was significantly worked on but had several errors, and she briskly wrote 8/20 on it with little explanation. I tried to defend the student's work and that maybe she was too harsh. I was allowed to regrade it. But all that ended up doing is me pointing out each of her errors and each individual deduction and I gave an 8.5/20...lol This same student also once tried to tell me this joke: "What's the square root of 69?" I responded with 8.3 something, and she had to guide me to the joke's punchline...doh The girl was a lot thinner at the 10 yr reunion though, so I'll give her props for that. :) Too bad I wasn't single at the time...lol

Edit: I just reread the question though and yeah he actually deserves full credit, and I miss that one too. lol

What's the punchline?

Quote: AcesAndEights

What's the punchline?

The square root of 69 is 8 some.

Children seem to relish a little basic algebra joke I play on them. It goes like this: 1) pick a number and don't tell me it.
2) double it (3) add "here I tell them any even number" (4) take away half (5) subtract your original number.

The answer, is always one-half of whatever number you tell them to add. If you tell them to add 2 - then the answer is 1,
if you tell them to add 8, then the answer is 4 and so on.

"Not until we are lost, do we begin to understand ourselves."

-Henry David Thoreau

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Just had to share this with the team !

http://i.imgur.com/PZy3YYH.jpg

That has to be the correct answer, right? I wonder what the most common response is. I bet almost everyone assumes a d6 die if they answer other than 0%

then (n)
adv.
1. At that time: I was still in school then. Come at noon; I'll be ready then. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/then
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You can't flip a coin and roll a die at the same time?

Ah, little wonder.

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then (n)
adv.
1. At that time: I was still in school then. Come at noon; I'll be ready then. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/then
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You can't flip a coin and roll a die at the same time?

Ah, little wonder.

I like that interpretation. But doesn't "and then" usually signify a time-ordered sequence? And there are still at least 3 possible answers. 1. 0%. 2. 25%. 3. 50%*(oddcount/totalcount) if the die has an odd number of faces.

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But doesn't "and then" usually signify a time-ordered sequence?

That's a matter of a comma?