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BBC Maths Quiz
gemma-the-husky
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BBC talking about maths today
10 questions here. A few are not "gimmies"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/54mB1VS0syYRVSq4wclD09W/5-live-maths-of-the-day-quiz
10 questions here. A few are not "gimmies"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/54mB1VS0syYRVSq4wclD09W/5-live-maths-of-the-day-quiz
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My maths is brilliant.
'An adult playing sports is recommended to drink at least 2 litres of water each day. How many half-litre bottles is this?'
If the question had been:
'An adult playing sports is recommended to drink 2 litres of water each day. How many half-litre bottles is this?'
...there would only be one.
Nothing wrong with you maths then.
To be honest I thought the quiz was much too easy and the only way to get one wrong was to make the sort of mistake you did which even a top mathematician could do.
That was fun...what age range is this test aimed at? don't tell me I have just done a quiz for 5 year olds and had to think about some of the answers.
Is that 110% accurate?
I thought the answer to the suitcase one was 4 1/2, but that wasn't an option. (And yes that can be a practical answer, as two such groups can then make do with one less suitcase.)
I also found the hockey one difficult, because it doesn't tell you how teams are eliminated. You have to make an assumption, if you know nothing about hockey.
I don't know if you had the same problem I did but after opening the link I had to press refresh and then "play" appeared under the picture. I retried this and the same thing again.
There's always one...
Not sure what you're saying.
The question is simply asking how many half-litre bottles makes 2 litres, the 'at least' bit is not relevant.
I'm ashamed to admit I fell into the obvious trap with question 2 (bat and ball).
What trap?
I got the money one wrong too - for the same reason as the person who posted the spoiler.
It is if you understand basic English.
I weigh at least 10 stone. How much do I weigh?
9 stone.
10 stone.
11 stone.
If the bat is £10 more than the ball, why isn't the ball £1 - how come it's 50p?
I've never been mathematically inclined, but those weren't too bad. When they start throwing in letters and weird symbols, I'm out.
Yes, the question assumes you know that it is a 'knock out' competition.
Suppose you could argue that some of the other questions also make assumptions:
- The money question assumes you know all the notes and coins used in the UK.
- The date question assumes you know how many days are in April. Also, not everyone knows what a fortnight is, remember someone once thinking it meant four nights.
- The last question about seconds assumes you know how many seconds are in a minute, how many minutes in an hour and how many hours in a day.
Some things are more common knowledge than others, but I would prefer the questions to test pure mathematical ability and not make assumptions about knowledge.