[OT] 1st grade test

Hello,

This message have nothing to do with astronomy - please, those
of you who don't like OT posts just skip it. However, since
there are quite a few people on s.a.a who enjoy a good riddle,
here is something for you.

This is a "test" that my first grade daughter brought from school
yesterday. She had problem with questions 5 and 6 and asked for
help. Well, I tried to help, but the only result was that my
self esteem fell like NASDAQ. Naturaly, now I wish to share the
joy of that feeling with all of you.

Give it a try:

http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?

Have fun,

- Alex

Alexander Avtanski wrote:


Hello,

This message have nothing to do with astronomy - please, those
of you who don't like OT posts just skip it. However, since
there are quite a few people on s.a.a who enjoy a good riddle,
here is something for you.

This is a "test" that my first grade daughter brought from school
yesterday. She had problem with questions 5 and 6 and asked for
help. Well, I tried to help, but the only result was that my
self esteem fell like NASDAQ. Naturaly, now I wish to share the
joy of that feeling with all of you.

Give it a try:

http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?

Hint: Try to make the towers on the left of 5 and 6 stable/balanced :-)

Have fun,

- Alex


--
I. N. Galidakis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable

Alexander Avtanski wrote:
Hello,

This message have nothing to do with astronomy - please, those
of you who don't like OT posts just skip it. However, since
there are quite a few people on s.a.a who enjoy a good riddle,
here is something for you.

This is a "test" that my first grade daughter brought from school
yesterday. She had problem with questions 5 and 6 and asked for
help. Well, I tried to help, but the only result was that my
self esteem fell like NASDAQ. Naturaly, now I wish to share the
joy of that feeling with all of you.

Give it a try:

http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?

Have fun,

- Alex


5 - sphere
6 - none

"Alexander Avtanski" wrote in message
...
http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?

"Circle the solid figure that is missing".

That's cruel.

"Alexander Avtanski" wrote in message
...
Hello,

This message have nothing to do with astronomy - please, those
of you who don't like OT posts just skip it. However, since
there are quite a few people on s.a.a who enjoy a good riddle,
here is something for you.

This is a "test" that my first grade daughter brought from school
yesterday. She had problem with questions 5 and 6 and asked for
help. Well, I tried to help, but the only result was that my
self esteem fell like NASDAQ. Naturaly, now I wish to share the
joy of that feeling with all of you.

Give it a try:

http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?


I can only imagine you're being asked to identify which of the 2 shapes
on the right is missing from the assembly on the left.

But it's a poorly phrased question.

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:52:24 GMT, Sam Wormley
wrote:

5 - sphere
6 - none

I would say

5 - cube
6 - cylinder

But I also understand the basis of your answer- assuming that "none" is
an allowed choice. The meaning of the question is ambiguous.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

"Stephen Paul" wrote in message

"Circle the solid figure that is missing".

That's cruel.


Maybe because its missing we can just point to it instead.

Ed T.

Chris L Peterson wrote:

[snip]
I would say

5 - cube
6 - cylinder

But I also understand the basis of your answer- assuming that "none" is
an allowed choice. The meaning of the question is ambiguous.

Not only that, but the answer could conceivably be "both", since both
the cylinder AND the cone, when placed appropriately under the
hexahedron will produce a balanced tower.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
--
I. N. Galidakis
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/
Eventually, _everything_ is understandable

"Stephen Paul" wrote:
"Alexander Avtanski" wrote in message
...
http://www.avtanski.com/images/var/c...he_missing.jpg

Well, any ideas? Can any of you find the answers for (5) and
for (6)? Do I miss something here, or I just have a single-
digit IQ?

"Circle the solid figure that is missing".

That's cruel.

It's not just cruel, it's absurd.


Tim
--
Complex in, complex out.

Ioannis wrote:
Chris L Peterson wrote:

[snip]

I would say

5 - cube
6 - cylinder

But I also understand the basis of your answer- assuming that "none" is
an allowed choice. The meaning of the question is ambiguous.


Not only that, but the answer could conceivably be "both", since both
the cylinder AND the cone, when placed appropriately under the
hexahedron will produce a balanced tower.

_________________________________________________

Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Not only that, the problem does not specify which 'tower' is incomplete.

Stupot