JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Discuss state testing. I for one have been studying for the ACT's a lot. I'm taking a break to let my brain take a rest but what are your opinions on state testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I've taken a home-school version of the FCAT since grade school, and have recently taken the SAT. The SAT contained some of the most irrelevant, weird, and just plain stupid questions I'd ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catman25 Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I for one enjoy standardized/state tests. Except the English portions. They are all too subjective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Βyakuya Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I plan to take the SATs soon. What do you think si the best grade to take them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunt Issun Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1289138235' post='4768277'] I've taken a home-school version of the FCAT since grade school, and have recently taken the SAT. The SAT contained some of the most irrelevant, weird, and just plain stupid questions I'd ever seen. [/quote] like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Taken the SATs once, was happy with my score. Took four SAT2s, once each time, was happy with my scores. Laughed at the Math SAT, Math 1 SAT2, and Math 2 SAT2 for hours on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr junior Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I really dislike standardized tests since it causes me way too much stress and anxiety that I end up doubting my capabilities. But in the end, I always do better than I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Well my bf got a 36 when he took his so eh, now you see why I'm studying so much. The state testing in my sophomore year was just plain stupid. I remember their being a question like. "15x (3.25 x radius of 2) + 24x =? and the following answers I could've selected was A. 15 B. 11 C. 17 D. 19 It was an effing inverse operations problem and I was wondering where the hell is 13? All of the algebra section was like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Starrk Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Meh. I only enjoy them because we have no homework afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 WAIT, HOLD UP. State Testing =/= Standardized Testing Rather, state testing is a subset of standardized testing. The SAT and ACT are [i]national[/i] standardized tests. State tests would be pertaining to your state alone, and probably have the initials of your state in them. For example, the CAST (or CST) is a standardized STATE test. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 boy do I feel stupid. I answered the question on here wrong, oops. It's actually supposed to be division so you end up adding like terms and dividing :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catterjune Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Never took the ACTs. Only ever took the SATs, twice. I did okay. 1850 my first time. 1870 my second time. I was always annoyed Standardized Tests were always early in the morning. I'd like to see the SATs at noon or something. [quote]"15x (3.25 x radius of 2) + 24x =? and the following answers I could've selected was A. 15 B. 11 C. 17 D. 19[/quote] The answer could be any number in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Already accepted to my college before taking the SAT so I walked in, rushed through it, got hungry, ate, went home laughing because everyone else was worried about their scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='PikaPerson01' timestamp='1289151585' post='4768824'] Never took the ACTs. Only ever took the SATs, twice. I did okay. 1850 my first time. 1870 my second time. I was always annoyed Standardized Tests were always early in the morning. I'd like to see the SATs at noon or something. The answer could be any number in the world. [/quote] Please tell me you got an 800 in Math. =D I'm actually unsure about what the question is asking. I feel the answer should be 39x, but then she started talking about radii and whatnot... what exactly is the question? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1289156137' post='4769047'] Please tell me you got an 800 in Math. =D I'm actually unsure about what the question is asking. I feel the answer should be 39x, but then she started talking about radii and whatnot... what exactly is the question? :/ [/quote] 3.25 with radius 2 means double the radius and you get 4 as a diameter. 4 x 3.25 is 13. the like terms become 39. 39x 13= 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Zero Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='JadenxAtemYAOI' timestamp='1289160338' post='4769384'] 3.25 with radius 2 means double the radius and you get 4 as a diameter. 4 x 3.25 is 13. the like terms become 39. 39x 13= 3 [/quote] How did you know to double the radius? Its not a formula I'm familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [i]15x (3.25 x radius of 2) + 24x =?[/i] Your explanation made no sense. The question is asking 15x + 24x = ?, which is 39x, or at least that is how I am reading it. The "3.25x radius of 2", I'm assuming, means you take the diameter (which is 4) and multiply it by the 3.25x, getting you 13x, Now you are saying that 39x / 13x = 3 (x =/= 0), but why did you divide the 39x by 13x? Moreover, [i]what the hell is this[/i]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='Dark' timestamp='1289162229' post='4769537'] [i]15x (3.25 x radius of 2) + 24x =?[/i] Your explanation made no sense. The question is asking 15x + 24x = ?, which is 39x, or at least that is how I am reading it. The "3.25x radius of 2", I'm assuming, means you take the diameter (which is 4) and multiply it by the 3.25x, getting you 13x, Now you are saying that 39x / 13x = 3 (x =/= 0), but why did you divide the 39x by 13x? Moreover, [i]what the hell is this[/i]? [/quote] it was just an example D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoDemonX Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Hahahahaha, Canada is lucky we don't have those dumb test like SAT and ACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='JadenxAtemYAOI' timestamp='1289162445' post='4769553'] it was just an example D: [/quote] Right, but it doesn't make any sense. Can you least explain what the question is asking? Or rather, anything logical about the question? <___< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenzoTheHarpist Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 I took the SAT and ACT once a piece, i'm good at test taking and pretty smart, so I got 2270 and 33 respectively. SAT IIs are retarded. You can get an 800 on the math 2, and you'll still only be 88th percentile. They make no effort to have the test fit a bell curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenxAtemYAOI Posted November 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 [quote name='GenzoTheHarpist' timestamp='1289171492' post='4770152'] I took the SAT and ACT once a piece, i'm good at test taking and pretty smart, so I got 2270 and 33 respectively. SAT IIs are retarded. You can get an 800 on the math 2, and you'll still only be 88th percentile. They make no effort to have the test fit a bell curve. [/quote] my bf got 36 so he's been helping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenzoTheHarpist Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Yeah I felt better about my SATs than my ACTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Alright, the questions I really hate are the reading questions that seem totally opinionated, like "What would be the best way to complete this story?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenzoTheHarpist Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I didn't think there were many questions like that. At worst they had things like "what point was the author making", but these should be pretty clear to ordinary readers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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