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[ewx]

[Poll #311278]

(If you want to quantify this, interpret the questions in terms of mean scores on a hypothetical arithmetic test.)

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[songster.livejournal.com]

I expect almost everyone with good arithmentic fails to realise just how *bad* the average is compared to them.

I remember our GCSE maths paper showing us one of the lowest-level papers. One of the questions showed you a photocopy of the side of a juice carton and asked you to write down how much was in it. Basically, "Can you recognise a number when written?"

And still a significant number of people fail.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

What number is a "significant number"?

[songster.livejournal.com]

In 2003, the Maths results included a 4% complete fail rate (grade U), and 16.6% getting F or lower.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/exam_results/gcses/html/18.stm

[ptc24.livejournal.com]

Yeep! OK, hypothesis: trained mathmos have a level of arithmetic ability similar to that of people with a similar level of general intellegence and education to them but with no mathematical specialisation.