- Reaction score
- 26
- Points
- 430
That's all it takes to get the question wrong.... ;D
oligarch said:Its not a question from the test. Its on publically available "practice tests" that they give out during recruiting and post on websites. I'm surprised your math teacher took "forever to figure it out"!!!! This is taught in introductory algebra (whenever its taught... circa grade 6)
CEEBEE501 said:Well it was the wording that she didn't like, I think she was baffled by how they wrote it but then she just showed me and I felt kinda stupid for not seeing it right away.
And I take Calc12, Math12, And Physics12 so simple things tend to over complicate (I started to do calculus on my last Physics test ) It seems tho that most of the math is more logic and to see if you pay attention.
CEEBEE501 said:Well it was the wording that she didn't like, I think she was baffled by how they wrote it but then she just showed me and I felt kinda stupid for not seeing it right away.
And I take Calc12, Math12, And Physics12 so simple things tend to over complicate (I started to do calculus on my last Physics test ) It seems tho that most of the math is more logic and to see if you pay attention.
oligarch said:Yeah I tend to do the same thing. I wasted some time solving some decimal questions on the CFAT when I could have just said screw it and rounded the numbers and multiplied then, since its multiple choice. I guess I've been overtaught as many people have.
Bruce Monkhouse said:...or maybe you failed the 'time constraint' part of the test with that superior intellect.
CEEBEE501 said:I find this question stupid, even tho its easy.
10. How many soldiers are there in a group of 27 sailors and soldiers if there
are four fifths as many sailors as soldiers?
I showed it to my Math teacher and it took her forever to figure it out.
How many of these oddly worded questions where on the test?
Unglunk said:I feel your pain. I'm an older applicant to the CF, so i understand that although you have the knowledge, you forget the simple things over time. I took the test twice. I qualified for any NCM trade the first time, but was looking at the Officer possibility through CEOTP, so i took it again after brushing up on some math for a couple of weeks, and all went well. You can take it twice, but twice only, so make sure you are good and prepped for the rewrite, or thats it for you.
George Wallace said:OH! If you do worse on your second test, that is the score that will count. There is no "best of" when you do the test; only your latest score will count.
muck0nator said:i just took the test 2 weeks ago, got double the passing requirement, no studieng etc, going for the physical wednesday. woot
muck0nator said:i just took the test 2 weeks ago, got double the passing requirement, no studieng etc, going for the physical wednesday. woot
lol i guess i probably shouldn't have rushed what i wrote.. made myself look like an idiot hahaforza_milan said:The irony.
Marshall said:Or, if you take my approach. Which I did in Math classes when teachers thought they had you stumped with big equations.. This makes this question ridiculously easy..
Since there is 4/5's as many soldiers..
4 Soldiers, 5 Sailors = 9
+ 4 Soldiers, 5 Sailors = 18
+ 4 Soldiers, 5 Sailors = 27
Thus,
12 Soldiers, 15 Sailors.
How many soldiers are there in a group of 27 sailors and soldiers if there
are four fifths as many sailors as soldiers?