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Date Posted: 07:16:17 09/02/00 Sat
Author: Mariah
Subject: Math
In reply to: avalanche 's message, "Re: Tainted IQs" on 10:00:36 09/01/00 Fri

From the Densa test...

Densa Test

Math.

John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?

15 16 18 20 21

Cleverly disguised Algebra problem...

"A spaceship received three messages in a strange language from a distant planet. The astronauts studied these messages and found that "Elros Aldarion Elendil" means "Danger Rocket Explosion" and "Edain Mnyatur Elros" means "Danger spaceship Fire" and "Aldarion Gimilzor Gondor" means "Bad Gas Explosion".

What does "Elendil" mean?

Danger Explosion Nothing Rocket Gas

Math...

Which one of the numbers does not belong in the following series?

9 7 8 6 7 5 6 3

Math...

Which one of the letters does not belong is the following series:

A D G I J M P S

D I J M S

Math...

The price of an article was cut 20% for a sale. By what percent must the item be increased to again sell the article at the original price?

15% 20% 25% 30% 40%

Math...

Mary had a number of cookies. After eating one, she gave half the remainer to her sister. After eating another cookie, she gave half of what was left to her brother. Mary now had only five cookies left. How many cookies did she start with?

11 22 23 45 46

Math Subsets...

"If some Bifurs are Bofurs and all Gloins are Bofurs, then some Bifurs are definitely Gloins."

This statement is:
True False Neither

Math...

Which one of the numbers does not belong is the following series?

2 3 6 7 8 14 15 30

Three Seven Eight Fifteen Thirty

Math...

John received $.41 change from a purchase in the drugstore.
If he received six coins, three of the coins had to be:

Pennies Nickels Dimes Quarters Half-Dollars

Math...

"John's mother sent him to the store to get 9 large cans of peaches. John could only carry 2 cans at a time. How many trips to the store did John have to make?

4 4� 5 5� 6

Math...

Mary was both 13th highest and 13th lowest in a spelling contest.

How many people were in the contest?

13 25 26 27 28

Math...

Which one of the numbers does not belong in the following series?

1 2 5 10 13 26 29 48

Math Subsets...

"If all Wargs are Twerps and no Twerps are Gollums, then no Gollums are definitely Wargs."

This statement is:
True False Neither

Math...

A fish has a head 9 inches long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one-half the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail.
How long is the fish?

27" 54" 63" 72" 81"

Math Subsets...

"If all Fleeps are Sloops and all Sloops are Loopies, then all Fleeps are definitely Loopies."

This statement is:
True False Neither

Math...

Jack is taller than Peter, and Bill is shorter than Jack.
Which of the following statements would be most accurate?

Bill is taller than Peter. Bill is shorter than Peter. Bill is as tall as Peter. It is impossible to tell whether Bill or Peter is taller.

16 out of 60 of the questions are math problems, or a little more than one sixth of all the questions.

There is absolutely no way that a person could get a high score on this IQ test without knowing math very well. The Densa test is a cleverly designed math test, and implies that only people who know math are intelligent.

A person can be just as intelligent as another is without knowing any math at all.

From my own perspective, I would say that the Densa test was really designed to force an orientation in students towards the types of jobs that were currently available at the time. America needed a ton of assembly line workers, for example. Skills which would be useful for assembly line work would be the ability to determine differences in shapes from different angles, quickly.

Encourage scientific and math skills. America's skills at the time needed just the same types of skills as you see in the Densa test.

Support the particular skills in schools before they're needed, and cause everybody to start mindlessly racing towards that Capitalist carrot that you want them to race towards.

...

Another interesting aspect of the Densa IQ test was that it was always timed. If the test was truly developed to determine IQ, meaning that a child had the capabilities that don't usually appear until later in life, at an earlier stage in life, why would speed be important as far as intelligence goes? But, speed is of ultimate importantance in the extreme competitive atmosphere of industry and the workforce.

I, for example, tend to do things very slowly. I take a very long time doing things. Does that mean I'm less intelligent than others are? However, all IQ tests are encouraging speed. Again, it's true purpose is to help stamp out the mindless cogs for the Capitalist machine.

I think it is very telling that over 70 percent of all people going through MIT go into military-related positions.

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Replies:

Re: Math -- steve, 07:28:45 09/02/00 Sat
- IQ as Religion -- Mariah, 08:06:34 09/02/00 Sat
  - Re: IQ as Religion -- avalanche, 08:25:00 09/02/00 Sat
    - Rational, Reasonable -- Mariah, 08:37:10 09/02/00 Sat
      - Re: Rational, Reasonable -- avalanche, 10:08:40 09/02/00 Sat
Re: Math -- avalanche, 07:56:41 09/02/00 Sat
- IQ -- Mariah, 08:24:26 09/02/00 Sat
  - Re: IQ -- avalanche, 08:32:27 09/02/00 Sat
    - Intelligence -- Mariah, 08:47:47 09/02/00 Sat
      - Re: Intelligence -- avalanche, 10:11:00 09/02/00 Sat
    - Potential Aptitude -- Mariah, 09:28:03 09/02/00 Sat
    - Intricately Simple -- Mariah, 09:36:04 09/02/00 Sat
- Re: Math -- mohanned, 08:39:28 08/07/06 Mon