Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Math contest Feb 17 2010

Today, we had a math contest. There were 25 multiple choice questions that progressively got harder.
The most interesting question for me was number 11. At first, when i looked at the question, i was confused. The question had an upside down pyramid made of blocks. each of the blocks had a different number. some were left blank. one of the boxes had x and we were supposed to find out what it was. When i first read it, i felt like skipping ahead to the next question. However, I decided to read it again. After I read it again, i discovered that it was not as hard as I thought it would be. To find out the answer, i plugged in the multiple choice answers into X. i found out that the answer was 10.

From doing this question, i have learned that when i do a math question, i should read it again and again if i don't understand it

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