Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:37     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:4 out of 5, because WTH with that first question?!

That's funny b/c I got #1 but thought #2 was cray cray!

Has anyone answered whether the second row of flags had anything to do with the answer? Ignoring the second row, the answer is pretty straight forward. But add in the second row, and I'm back to wild guessing.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:36     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I do not understand the fence one at all.

Each post has a circle, square and oval. One's half filled in (on the left side I think). So the answer is the square half filled in.


but i think it's really the last one
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:34     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:That as fun. Phew 4 out of 5 I can now reattend Kindergarten!


Did you miss the half square thing? I'm sure it's the one i chose! I think the test answer is wrong!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:28     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:5 out of 5. Looks like I'm headed to Kindergarten next year. Wonder how much that's going to cost me.


They better give those kids DIPLOMAS for graduating kindergarten. Might be the only diploma I could afford for my child if we lived in NY.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:13     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
5/5 I have a doctorate. I agree tho that the grocery store one was poorly written. I also think that the first 3 measured the same basic skills.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:05     Subject: Re:Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:I got them all right. But I'd appeal the boat flag (1st question) if I'd gotten it wrong. WTH??


The boat and the fence are 1000% harder than the others. I got 4/5 including boat right the first time and fence makes no sense to me. Explain?
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 14:03     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's the logic behind question #1? I still can't figure it out. I got #2 -- each column has a square, circle, and oval, and then you just need to look at how the 50/50 shapes are oriented to figure out which parts should black vs. white. No way my elementary school kids would have deciphered that though!


These are pretty simple pattern puzzles that most young children should be able to solve with just a little practice.

What is making it a bit challenging to most people is that we are not accustomed to having to solve a pattern completion with 2 different variables.

For example, anyone could solve this pattern puzzle:

ABC
BCA
CA?

Or by extention this one:

boat, car, bike
car, bike, boat
bike, boat, ?


But if add onto the top of that pattern, a different variable ... maybe colors..... your final answer will need to be the missing color as well as the missing letter or object.



red boat, green car, blue bike
blue car, red bike, green boat
green bike, blue boat, ??


The problem in the first visual exercise is simple.

Triangle, Triangle, trapezoid, ?

AABB

The solution is trapeziod -- exactly the same as the first one.

The second variable is the red square pattern.

ABAB

top left and bottom right; bottom left and top right; top left and bottom right; ?

Just complete the pattern -- the final shape should have red squares bottom left and top right.



Well this logic works if you are just looking at the top row of flags -- yes, the pattern is easy to see. But are you not supposed to consider the bottom row? I was looking for an overall pattern, and there really isn't one if you look at all the flags collectively.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:53     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
5 out of 5. Looks like I'm headed to Kindergarten next year. Wonder how much that's going to cost me.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:36     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:What's the logic behind question #1? I still can't figure it out. I got #2 -- each column has a square, circle, and oval, and then you just need to look at how the 50/50 shapes are oriented to figure out which parts should black vs. white. No way my elementary school kids would have deciphered that though!


These are pretty simple pattern puzzles that most young children should be able to solve with just a little practice.

What is making it a bit challenging to most people is that we are not accustomed to having to solve a pattern completion with 2 different variables.

For example, anyone could solve this pattern puzzle:

ABC
BCA
CA?

Or by extention this one:

boat, car, bike
car, bike, boat
bike, boat, ?


But if add onto the top of that pattern, a different variable ... maybe colors..... your final answer will need to be the missing color as well as the missing letter or object.



red boat, green car, blue bike
blue car, red bike, green boat
green bike, blue boat, ??


The problem in the first visual exercise is simple.

Triangle, Triangle, trapezoid, ?

AABB

The solution is trapeziod -- exactly the same as the first one.

The second variable is the red square pattern.

ABAB

top left and bottom right; bottom left and top right; top left and bottom right; ?

Just complete the pattern -- the final shape should have red squares bottom left and top right.

Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:13     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
5/5 but it took some thought.

This is for kindergarten - wow.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:09     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
I got 5/5, but only because I guessed correctly on the fence on (#2), That one makes no sense at all. I'm now getting a better understanding of why my daughter hates tests. Ugh.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:07     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:4 out of 5, but only because I have no idea what happens at a "grocery store."

It could have been at a nuclear reactor plant -- the point was the story said "first, next, then, last." Unless, you're kidding, then ha ha.


I was kidding.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:03     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
5 out of 5. How could you have flunked that and still be able to post on DCUM OP?

I agree it's pretty advanced for K though. Was the test read to them i wonder?
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 13:02     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
5/5

Feeling good about myself. LOL
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2014 12:59     Subject: Rats! I cannot get into KINDERGARTEN
What's the logic behind question #1? I still can't figure it out. I got #2 -- each column has a square, circle, and oval, and then you just need to look at how the 50/50 shapes are oriented to figure out which parts should black vs. white. No way my elementary school kids would have deciphered that though!