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Iain

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Would you pass the 11+?
« on: December 10, 2008, 09:17:50 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7773974.stm

The 11+ used to be an exam taken by all British school children that would determine what kind of post-primary education they would have - pass and you went to a Grammar school, fail and you went to a secondary modern.

Northern Ireland is doing away with them this year, and they are some areas of the England where you can still go through the system. BBC have created this in a fit of nostalgia.

So are you brighter than my mother was when she was 11? As bright as my dad was?

I got 14/15, but I didn't do it against the clock cos I was too dumb to spot the start button and figured that my browser wasn't playing nicely with the multiple choice option. So I noted my answers and was about to open another browser when I spotted the start button.

Didn't see the last sequence of numbers at all.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 09:46:13 AM »
Huh. Challenging test that makes one think. Although I found the English usage a little hard to understand immediately. By the way, the timer ran out in about ten seconds for me; that's a real challenge!  =D

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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2008, 10:21:21 AM »
The number series are typically easy for me except that last one.  I can guess, but I didn't see the pattern.  I never was good at word jumble stuff though.  I guess I didn't play enough scrabble. 
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2008, 10:24:01 AM »
Bah, 14 out of 15. I too could not see the pattern on that last question.

SPOILER!!


Couldn't step out and look for TWO sequences.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2008, 10:55:20 AM »
Since they say it is supposed to 37 seconds a question, I am assuming kids are going to just do the one that come easy.  I don't recall doing a whole lot of stuff in elementary school that would have prepared for that sort of stuff. 
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2008, 11:02:38 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on December 10, 2008, 10:55:20 AM
Since they say it is supposed to 37 seconds a question, I am assuming kids are going to just do the one that come easy.  I don't recall doing a whole lot of stuff in elementary school that would have prepared for that sort of stuff. 

It's not a judgement of how much you know, but rather of how (well) you think and reason.

This may be why it's used as a decision as to what school students should be assigned.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2008, 11:11:45 AM »
Tough stuff, but I somehow managed to get 13 right and finish with 27 seconds left.  #11 and #15 both had me stumped, and I spent a lot more time than I should have on the cryptograms.  So do I get to go to grammar school now?

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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2008, 11:34:53 AM »
Quote from: makattak on December 10, 2008, 10:24:01 AM
Bah, 14 out of 15. I too could not see the pattern on that last question.

SPOILER!!


Couldn't step out and look for TWO sequences.

That's exactly how I did. The last one got me.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 01:18:06 PM »
13 out of 15. Ran out of time before doing 15, picked it anyway.

Messed up both on the codes section. More or less skipped them and went on... didn't realize that the code examples were jumbled, for some reason.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2008, 01:55:25 PM »
14/15, couldn't figure out the pattern on the last one.  Did it in 4:49.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2008, 02:31:57 PM »
I guess I'm not that smart or quick. I got a 13, but it took longer than the 10 minutes alloted.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2008, 10:19:43 PM »
I guessed at #11 and #15 with about 10 seconds left, and missed both. I got the rest.
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2008, 12:11:40 AM »
15 out of 15, and I finished with 2 minutes to spare.  I would so be going to grammar school!  :P
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Re: Would you pass the 11+?
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2008, 05:31:01 AM »
Quote from: Headless Thompson Gunner on December 11, 2008, 12:11:40 AM
15 out of 15, and I finished with 2 minutes to spare.  I would so be going to grammar school!  :P


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