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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not mentioned as something being estimated?
(a) Paycheck.
(b) Mortgage payment.
(c) MPG.
(d) Time.

2. What animal is referred to by the author?
(a) Monkey.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Tiger.

3. At what age did the second doctor think he would die?
(a) 72.
(b) 68.
(c) 51.
(d) 47.

4. Which is not one of the algorithms mentioned?
(a) Addition.
(b) Exponents.
(c) Fractions.
(d) Subtraction.

5. Innumerates are more likely to believe in what?
(a) UFOs.
(b) Absolutes.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Atlantis.

6. What is not a reason for innumeracy?
(a) Misconception.
(b) Poor education.
(c) DIfficulty.
(d) Psychological block.

7. What do people often use to rationalize things?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Escape clause.
(c) Back talk.
(d) Reverse logic.

8. The city is the capital of which country?
(a) Iceland.
(b) US.
(c) Germany.
(d) Denmark.

9. Which doctor was the inventor's good friend?
(a) Oppenheimer.
(b) Wellby.
(c) Jung.
(d) Freud.

10. Which skill is rarely taught?
(a) Factoring.
(b) Transposing.
(c) Estimation.
(d) Multiplication.

11. What great writer is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Woolf.

12. Paulos believes that technological advances encourage:
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Ignorance.

13. A correct answer is _______.
(a) Questionable.
(b) A correct answer.
(c) Certain.
(d) Dependent.

14. Math is ________.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Finite.

15. Which is taught in elementary schools?
(a) Subsets.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Algorithms.
(d) Algebra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which skill is used daily?

2. Which is not mentioned as being a way to teach children?

3. Which is related to pseudoscience?

4. Innumeracy is ________.

5. How many days is a woman's cycle?

(see the answer keys)

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