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I mean, part of applying logic to the problem is saying, "Well, clearly they don't mean 209 salads and 209 drinks, since that's $1776.50 and they say right ther
by chasing 11y ago
I mean, part of applying logic to the problem is saying, "Well, clearly they don't mean 209 salads and 209 drinks, since that's $1776.50 and they say right there that the take was $836.50."
I'm okay with that sort of logical reading comprehension being part of the test. It certainly feels like an important real-world skill...
- rrauenza 11y agoI think it's just sloppy and unintentional, especially for a timed test. I find things like this common in my kids' Math homework. (I don't blame common core, I blame bad text book writers.) I also had to run the interpretation of 209 "salads and an unknown number of drinks" through my head as I parsed it. I do see the value in learning how to remove ambiguity when trying to solve a problem, but I'm not convinced that is what they are intentionally testing. On the other hand, I really liked how it says you may not use a calculator on the ones that did not need a calculator -- especially when running off to a calculator would have only made things worse!