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Bigmack

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15. I've seen this before... We need to....

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 05:31 PM

Jun 2016

..make one up for the 1%ers. Help me out.

"Byron Van Wicke IV fleeces his hedge fund investors out of $22 million. The total value of the hedge fund is $1.8 billion. What percent of the fund did Byron get?"

Or the Pentagon...
"The DoD is going to spend $1.5 Trillion on the F-35. The original cost for each plane was $89 Million. With cost overruns, each plane will now cost $304 million. By what percentage has each plane gone up in cost?"

...lots more areas that math teachers could use for tests.

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Alabama teacher gave middle school students a math test so racist you have to it see to believe it [View all] Ken Burch Jun 2016 OP

. HuckleB Jun 2016 #1

It's Alabama - she'll get a raise and promotion jpak Jun 2016 #2

Looks like Trump has found his running-mate... LannyDeVaney Jun 2016 #3

"Racist" doesn't begin to describe how incredibly ignorant... TreasonousBastard Jun 2016 #4

That test is a missing a couple of questions gratuitous Jun 2016 #5

You're right. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #10

+1. Wait, no, +2. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2016 #11

+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jun 2016 #19

Hmmmm. . . matt819 Jun 2016 #6

Seriously? puffy socks Jun 2016 #16

I call BS scscholar Jun 2016 #7

I agree. Drahthaardogs Jun 2016 #20

That awful thing has been floating around for at least 20 years. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #8

It apparently first appeared as "The L.A. Math Test". n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #12

Snopes.com says this is true. Incredible that any teacher is foolish enough to use it. raccoon Jun 2016 #9

The meme says Language Arts class. Are we sure this wasn't an attempt to show biased writing. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #13

Why would a language arts teacher be giving a math test? Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #14

Right, I think someone re- launched this very old racial white joke??? Jim Beard Jun 2016 #17

If it's true, I suspect it was intended to serve as a basis for a bias language lesson. Yo_Mama Jun 2016 #18

I've seen this before... We need to.... Bigmack Jun 2016 #15