Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

[Janet]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com:80/news/local/newsletter/mu-html/ny-et5thgrade0227-quiz,0,3118508.triviaquiz?coll=orl-middayupdate-utility

[AngieDoogles]

I got an 80, yikes! :eek: Guess I'm not smarter than a fifth grader, lol.

[Gina]

I got a 75 had to guess a lot lol

[Marilyn]

I made a 90. :( I still think 1 should be a prime number. And who in their right mind cares what a 7 sided figure is called any way!!!!

[Passionfruition]

Wow, it looks like I need to go back to school like Billy Madison b/c I FLUNKED.

65%

I guess I'm just tired, if that's an excuse. I'll go to bed and wake up smarter. lol.

[DianaB]

I got 75%. Marilyn, you did pretty good. I probably would have done better if I had been in school sometime in the last 32 years!!!!!

[Janet]

You guys did great!! I only got a 64%. I must really be dumb. I'm just not telling my son my score...LOL

Marilyn you did great...you are just as smart as a fifth grader...LOL

[Chandra Amaya]

ugh 75. :(

[Lissa]

I'm with you Mum, 90 and I got the same ones wrong, isn't it a prime number if it can only be divided by itself? Then 1 should be a prime, and who cares what a 7 sided figure is called?

I highly doubt 5th graders could answer these too.

[Marilyn]

I'm with you Mum, 90 and I got the same ones wrong, isn't it a prime number if it can only be divided by itself? Then 1 should be a prime, and who cares what a 7 sided figure is called?

I highly doubt 5th graders could answer these too.

I thought that the definition of a prime number was that it had to be divisible by itself and 1, so since one is divisible by itselt (1) and 1, it was prime. However, the correct definition is "In mathematics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics), a prime number (or a prime) is a natural number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number) that has exactly two (distinct) natural number divisors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisor), which are 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_%28number%29) and the prime number itself." (from Wickipedia)

There have to be TWO DISTINCT divisors. 1 has only itself.

And I still don't care what a 7 sided figure is called. 6 sided and 8 sided are much more common and practical. Six sided is actually the most efficient use of material to contain space. This is the reason that a honey comb utilizes 6 sided chambers.

[DianaB]

Thanks for checking that out, Marilyn. I missed both of those too! I don't think that I had ever heard what a 7-sided figure was called and I was doing good to even remember that a prime number had to do with dividing into itself! It's been a long time since I was in school!

[judy]

It's a good thing I retired from teaching - I got a 55%!!! (The day I retired - November 2nd 2006, I turned my brain off).

Judy

[Jlynn]

Well that was fun...90%. I thought 1 was a prime number too!!! And, I forget what the other one was that I missed. Apparently I didn't learn anything from this:D

[katcarasella]

I'm not smarter than a fifth grader. I got 75% DUH!!!

[Dobie]

Yikes- I only got a 73 - looks like I have to go back to school.