While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!
Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)


http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf

Pete Stanaitis

I don't understand. A circle with a diameter of 3.66 ft has an area of
10.52 ft^2, which is not one of the options, nor close to any of the
options.

Vince

Pete & sheri wrote:

While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!
Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)


http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf


Pete Stanaitis

Vince

I believe the formula for the area of a circle is Pi * R squared.

so (3.66/2) * 3.14 = 5.7462 sq. not 10.52

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Vince Iorio wrote:
I don't understand. A circle with a diameter of 3.66 ft has an area of
10.52 ft^2, which is not one of the options, nor close to any of the
options.

Vince

Pete & sheri wrote:

While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!
Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)


http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf


Pete Stanaitis

Subject: A really neat test!!!
From: "Bart D. Hull"
Date: 10/03/04 04:14 GMT Standard Time
Message-id:

Vince

I believe the formula for the area of a circle is Pi * R squared.

so (3.66/2) * 3.14 = 5.7462 sq. not 10.52

Not related to Bart Simpson by any chance ?


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"Bart D. Hull" wrote in message
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Vince

I believe the formula for the area of a circle is Pi * R squared.

so (3.66/2) * 3.14 = 5.7462 sq. not 10.52



You screwed up the R squared part!
R=3.66/2 or 1.83
So (1.83 squared) * Pi = 10.52
Greg

http://www.1728.com/diam.htm says the answer is 10.520879637606858

Is the answer to #2 - A?

Pete & sheri wrote:

While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!
Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)


http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf


Pete Stanaitis

"Bart D. Hull" wrote:

Vince

I believe the formula for the area of a circle is Pi * R squared.

so (3.66/2) * 3.14 = 5.7462 sq. not 10.52


That's right Mr. Einstein. And R = D/2

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

"Abrasha" wrote in message
...
"Bart D. Hull" wrote:

Vince

I believe the formula for the area of a circle is Pi * R squared.

so (3.66/2) * 3.14 = 5.7462 sq. not 10.52


That's right Mr. Einstein. And R = D/2

Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com

Jeeesus H. !
Is this really such a difficult problem?

Perhaps pi has been legally redefined in ND ?

Vince Iorio wrote:

I don't understand. A circle with a diameter of 3.66 ft has an area of
10.52 ft^2, which is not one of the options, nor close to any of the
options.

Vince

Pete & sheri wrote:

While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!
Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)


http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf


Pete Stanaitis

In article , A.Gent says...

Is this really such a difficult problem?

It is when the four choices given are all
wrong.

Jim

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jim rozen wrote...
In article , A.Gent says...

Is this really such a difficult problem?

It is when the four choices given are all
wrong.


Same thing on #28, also, at least.

Jim

You sure are right. After I posted the link, I took the test myself and
found that error. It's a shame. I think they must have moved the
decimal point one digit to the right on answer 2.
I also found about a half dozen questions that were ambiguous in one
way or another. For instance, Q 31 wants the answer of "auger bit",
but I have some 12" long auger bits for my big Milwaukee Hole Shooter.

Sorry, I didn't mean to waste your time,
Pete Stanaitis
--------------------

Vince Iorio wrote:

I don't understand. A circle with a diameter of 3.66 ft has an area of
10.52 ft^2, which is not one of the options, nor close to any of the
options.

Vince

And in question #16, when one is given fallacious information -

7.5 gallons in 1 cu.ft.

everyone knows there are 6.25 real gallons in a cu.ft. otherwise how
could a cubic foot weigh 62.5 lbs (10 lbs/gal.)

Watch it! :-)

Mike the Limey in BC, Canada

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:18:42 -0600, Pete & sheri
wrote:

You sure are right. After I posted the link, I took the test myself and
found that error. It's a shame. I think they must have moved the
decimal point one digit to the right on answer 2.
I also found about a half dozen questions that were ambiguous in one
way or another. For instance, Q 31 wants the answer of "auger bit",
but I have some 12" long auger bits for my big Milwaukee Hole Shooter.

Sorry, I didn't mean to waste your time,
Pete Stanaitis
--------------------

Vince Iorio wrote:

I don't understand. A circle with a diameter of 3.66 ft has an area of
10.52 ft^2, which is not one of the options, nor close to any of the
options.

Vince

On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 20:48:23 -0600, Pete & sheri
wrote:

While looking for information on Grade 3 bolts recently (you know who
you are!), I found this neat website that has an interesting written
test. The test is for "10th graders". They must be pretty darned
smart in North Dakota!

Well, at least their Agricultural Mechanics must be!

Take a look! (note that it is in pdf format)
http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/ndffa/Te...ttenExam03.pdf

Pete Stanaitis

Mike in BC

In article ,
Michael Gray wrote:

And in question #16, when one is given fallacious information -

7.5 gallons in 1 cu.ft.

everyone knows there are 6.25 real gallons in a cu.ft. otherwise how
could a cubic foot weigh 62.5 lbs (10 lbs/gal.)

Huh???

Last time I was paying attention, I thought straight H2O weighed
8-point-something pounds to the gallon?

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7.5 US gallons / cubic foot, 6.25 British imperial gallons / cubic foot.

Don Bruder wrote:

In article ,
Michael Gray wrote:

And in question #16, when one is given fallacious information -

7.5 gallons in 1 cu.ft.

everyone knows there are 6.25 real gallons in a cu.ft. otherwise how
could a cubic foot weigh 62.5 lbs (10 lbs/gal.)


Huh???

Last time I was paying attention, I thought straight H2O weighed
8-point-something pounds to the gallon?

"David Billington" wrote in message
...
7.5 US gallons / cubic foot, 6.25 British imperial gallons / cubic foot.


historically speaking, why is that? The Brits invented the gallon, it
conveniently weighs 10 pounds if it's water, and you Americans go ahead and
change it. What's up with that? You probably just wanted to go around
getting lousy gas mileage, or was it that you wanted to be able to carry
less weight when Ma sent you to the well to get a few gallns of water?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Brian

I'm not american, i'm british, although I did live in the US for 12
years. I have been told that the US gallon is the old imperial wine
measure so you could accuse the british of selling short gallons and
the americans of perpetuating it.


Brian wrote:

"David Billington" wrote in message
k...

7.5 US gallons / cubic foot, 6.25 British imperial gallons / cubic foot.


historically speaking, why is that? The Brits invented the gallon, it
conveniently weighs 10 pounds if it's water, and you Americans go ahead and
change it. What's up with that? You probably just wanted to go around
getting lousy gas mileage, or was it that you wanted to be able to carry
less weight when Ma sent you to the well to get a few gallns of water?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Brian