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Can you pass eighth grade?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by dog428, Aug 7, 2006.

  1. ARD

    ARD Member

    I made Harris do the work, except for the first part:
    58-(18+1 for gutter)=39
    Shift+backslash, sg, 3, w p39, hz 0, vt p1.2  ;D

    Or, on my new system, Create Frame, 58p-19p. Having math built in is cool, esp. for those of us who are challenged in that area.
     
  2. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    I bareliy passed algebra yet I spend most of my days figuring out ERAs and batting averages.

    Hence, algebra is as useful as a set of balls on a tree.
     
  3. ARD

    ARD Member

    6-for-8. I make the sign of warding away the evil eye toward the geometry question. And I thought Rodinia was probably where Rodan came from. I'd at least heard of Pangaea and Gondwana. ... And am I the only one who liked "Romeo and Juliet?" Mercutio has always been one of my favorite characters.
     
  4. farmerjerome

    farmerjerome Active Member

    Fucking pangaea.

    Four.
     
  5. Hank_Scorpio

    Hank_Scorpio Active Member

    Agreed. I don't need any formula to figure out batting averages or ERAs. That's really simple multiplication and division.

    I have no idea why anyone would need to know what a + b * 1a =
     
  6. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Gee...guess we should be glad Al Gore lost, since he scored lower on his college boards and had a lower GPA at Harvard than Bush did at Yale.

    You can look it up..

    By the way 7-8 from this kid.
     
  7. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    Well, the first thing a good algebra class would teach you is WHY anyone would need to know what a + b * 1a =.

    Without providing you real-life applications, sure, it's going to seem like there's no use for it.
     
  8. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    The fact that you don't understand that you are using a formula does not change the fact that you are, actually, using a formula.

    Zeke, I'd have to see this proof, There has to be a flaw in the proof if he's making 2+2=3.

    On a side note, I had a writing professor in college who used a proof to prove that Hunter Thompson's narrative voice = Bugs Bunny.
    It was an entertaining class. I also smoked a lot of pot in college.
     
  9. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    As did I. Which is why I majored in English and journalism, like a good little stoner.
     
  10. Montezuma's Revenge

    Montezuma's Revenge Active Member


    I whiffed on the same two but also had a couple lucky guesses to get 6 of 8.
     
  11. zimbabwe

    zimbabwe Active Member

    6 of 8. Triangle one was easiest (even though I suck at math -- pretend you are computing area for quadrilateral (lXw) and then divide by two). Had no idea what started WWI. For some reason, remembered Meiosis.

    And now, I am off to the bar to ask women to engage in sweaty meiosis.
     
  12. RedCanuck

    RedCanuck Active Member

    I also missed the Romeo and Juliet one (I'm not sure why, I knew that play really well) and the last one.  We learned the Pangaea theory, but never any other ones.
     
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