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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was always good at zeroing in on what the test was looking at, good at word problems, good at math in general --terrible at political survey questions though! Also I am enjoying this thread. Whether 45 min or 40 min is the "obvious" answer I think misses what is going on with the problem and what it requires. First, language processing. American english is my first language (I have also used chain saws to cut down trees, albeit nothing over 14" trunk diameter and that was when I was much younger). So I know that cutting a log INTO 5 pieces is not the same as cutting 5 pieces OFF of a log. And if you think about it the relationship between # of cuts and # of pieces that result definitely involves abstraction (with mathematical induction) including visualization. [/quote] I like the way your mind works, PP! Interesting stuff![/quote]
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