EPIC FAIL on Standardized Test Makers

**Pink Floyd** · 01-28-2010, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by CoDeX

5*8=40
10*16=160
40^2=160
I was recently working with exponents. :sad: Now I have to do logarithms. Math hurts my mind. I have to go to tutoring tomorrow morning to get the opportunity to re-take a test I failed.

40^2 is 1600.

**Blue** · 01-28-2010, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by Deep

40^2 is 1600.

o 40^2=he to the second power,yea codex lol your not to good at math

**S2h6699** · 03-07-2010, 03:52 AM

and s2h you get why you got that question wrong?

They asked... "By how many times did the area increase''
That answer was '2', which is what I put.

They WANTED answer: 160
Which meant the question should of been ''What would the area be after the dimensions are doubled''
That means they wanted me to do 5*2 = 10 and 8*2=16 then 10*16=160
Which means they wanted me to double each dimension (5 and 8)
Which means they are fuckin' retards for not catching that printing mistake, that's a hella big ass typo.