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Summer Test #3
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You should have the third test soon once Zack gets it up on the website. I think it is a little harder than the last, but I didn't make it too hard. It is an 8 on my scale. Let me know what you think!
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Test #3 Corrections *SPOILER*
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There are 3 mistakes found thus far on the test:
#24) The answer is 2.21 not 22.1
#64) The answer is 54 not 55
#78) The answer is 36 not 0
My mistake!!! Thanks Mathman!
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Stupid Questions about the 2nd test...
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Sorry about not having the leaderboard completely up yet, the new AC charger to my laptop is in the mail as we speak...
Just so yall know, I got a 178 on this one. Did 41 and got 3 wrong. I am sooo slow on these tests...
I decided to go to the end afterward just to see how good I was and now I come bearin...
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my problem
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hey guys,
i know i am supposed to take test #2 and send my score to zack, but right now i am in china and i don't have an access to a printer, i am doing my best tryingto find one, but b4 that, i can't do the test or send my score. i am sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.
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Problem #57, Test 2 Revisited
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I posted this at the end of the Test #2 thread, but I decided it might need it's own thread...sorry for being redundant-redundant...hindsight 20/20 speech another time...
As for #57, this is one of my favorite NS shortcuts because the algebra is so cool...when this question first came to my attent...
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Summer Test #1
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Zack,
Thanks for posting the tests. Let's make it a little easier for everyone shall we?
Here is Test #1 and the Answer Key.
Send an email to Zack so he can post everyone's scores on the Net for everyone to see. Or you can visit his site at: http://nspirate...
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Test #1 Corrections - *SPOILER*
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It has come to my attention that I would have made a 382. In other words, it looks like I made 3 mistakes, one of which is just an additional answer to a problem.
#23: sqrt(2916)
my answer: 58 correct answer: 54
#49: 1/(2+bi) = a + bi, then a is _...
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JYARR!
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OK...
The league is coming, and I would appreciate any donated tests. I'm making the geocities account now, and I would like to start it after school ends. I need a list of people. Who's in?
Also... Mr. Jones, do you have any good test sources?
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Its Almost Test Time.
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Alright Mr. Jones.
The sites under construction. I would like to acertain exactly what we're doing...
You will give me a test via e-mail once a week on Saturdays starting on the 28th. I post the results and we talk about it here.
Is that right?
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TAMS should be allowed to compete in UIL
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Who here thinks that TAMS kids should be allowed to compete in UIL? They arnt private, and they would be restricted by the 4 man team rule. I really dont think that they would make too much of a difference in the state standings. I would just feel sorry for their district companions. Then again, it would b...
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I need e-mails
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Ok. I need everyones e-mail for the NS league.
Send your e-mail by e-mail to my e-mail:
slash372@hotmail.com
I'll give you all the info yall need.
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advice?
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ive been doing UIL/TMSCA competitions since 5th grade (im a junior now), and nowadays i mainly compete in calculator, math, and science. im half-decent in number sense, but i come no where close to the other people on my team, or our competition. do any of you have some advice for improving my score? i k...
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state
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state was a failure.
I got a 192; 17th place.
How did you guys do?
Vinay
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Questions!
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Hello again everyone,
as state is approaching, i've gone back to my old ways... taking lots of practice tests and asking you all for the answers to the ones i didn't know how to do!
So, without further ado, i present to you... more questions!
*50. sqrt(314) * sqrt(31.4) * sqrt(3.14) * sqrt...
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Who's out?
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Another regionals have come and gone, and the best of us have fallen. So who here is going to region in anything?
Im going in social studies Btw.
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regional results..
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hey guys,
i was 7th in my region with a 203 (i had a 204 at district), so it wasn't that bad, 2 ppl from a&m beat me and 4 ppl from klein beat me. suprisingly i don't feel that bad either, i got to the end of the 3rd column, missed 8, all stupid mistakes, but i did not choke that bad this time. i...
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Regional Competition
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Hello,
Vinay here. I just have a few questions for quincy (and possibly Sam) concerning regional UIL.
I know you take the number sense Dr. Numsen tests, especially Medium level. I take these too, and so I just want to know how hard the regional test is compared to the Medium level test...
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More Questions
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I printed out the 2003 tests from this site, and i've got quite a few questions, many concerning roots. Sorry if the questions are kind-of repetitive.
1.) The largest root of (6x^2) - x - 15 = (answer is 5/3)
2.) If (x^2)+2xy+(y^2) = 16 and x = 6, then the largest value of y = ? (answer is -...
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Feet/Second to MPH
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This was on a test I just took:
6.6 feet per second = how many miles per hour?
How would you do it?
Vinay
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Any faster way?
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Hi, everyone.
Some one asked a question on the TexasMath.org forum this morning. Given the coordinates of the 3 vertices of a triangle ABC, find its area.
Is there another way than to get the matrix of its 2 vectors(AB, AC), find its det. and then /2?
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Online NumSense League?
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Hey. This is Zack again....
What would y'all think of an online number sense test league?
I think it could work, and this is how... During the summer, we could have a league in which we take a test once a week. The tests of course would come from a third party, and we could post our results...
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Another Test and Answer Keys
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Okay everyone, here is another test submitted by Zack:
Zack's Test
Thanks to Mathman here are answer keys to the previous tests and a UIL formatted test for Vinay's test which was already submitted.
Vinay's Test Formatted
Vinay's Answer Key
Quincy's Answer Key
Thanks to everyone who h...
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Habbits...
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I've been horridly busy for the last two weeks and I havent had much time to study NS. What are you all doing to prepare? Also, do y'all have any outlandish habbits that tend to manifest themselves the day of the competition? I, myself dont, but my friend eats a tub of cottage cheese and pinapples (no joke...
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Mathematics
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I know this is primarily a # sense forum, but i know many of you are also going to regionals in mathematics. I qualified with my team, but i'm gonna have to get a lot better to have any chance of making it to state. So if yall could help me with some questions, that would be awesome. Any ti...
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Vinay's test
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Vinay just sent me his test, but i can't find a place where i can post it...
if anyone want it, leave your email and i'll send it to you, i'll check back every hour.
quincy
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Multiply by 3367
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Any one have a short way to multiply 3367 x 14
I know that 3367 x3 = 10101 but 14 is not a multiple of 3.
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Practice Regionals Test
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Hi,
I had an idea that might help with the new format on the number sense test. Maybe you guys will like it, maybe you'll think it's stupid; either way, here goes...
why don't we all each make one number sense test, following very closely the format of the A and B invitational test, or th...
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Invitational Questions
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Here are a few questions I encountered on an Invitation UIL test. I don't know if these are A Level or not, but here they are:
(62) [ sqrt(5) ]
I don't know what the square brackets mean. Does anybody have an Idea? I don't have the answer for this one.
(24) The product of the prime factor...
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Congratulations to all who advanced
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Great Job everyone. I hope that everyone had a blast at district and for those of you who are advancing, I hope that you study hard and make it to state.
Quincy...good job. You will need to imporve on that score to make it to state. You have got an extremely hard regions. Don't worry though. When I was a...
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Failure.
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Just got back from district. I was horribly sick. I had to go vomit 21 questions into the number sense test. I came back and pleaded the judges to let me have the 6 or so minutes I missed, but no. As I waited outside the verifacation room I sam them circle my name... I place...
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