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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is mentioned as being highly affected by lack of estimating skills?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Math teachers.

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

3. Which can be blamed for poor curriculum?
(a) Economic data.
(b) Reading level of students.
(c) Employment demographics.
(d) Budget.

4. Which skill is used daily?
(a) Estimation.
(b) Factoring.
(c) Rounding off.
(d) Complex division.

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

6. What is Paulos' favorite pseudoscience?
(a) Numerology.
(b) Psychometry.
(c) Phrenology.
(d) Astrology.

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

8. Deciding how to buy which item might help children learn?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Milk.
(c) Bread.
(d) Cereal.

9. How many days is a man's cycle?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 31 days.
(c) 23 days.
(d) 28 days.

10. Paulos likes to debunk which of the following?
(a) Religion.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Abstract thinking.
(d) Evolution.

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

12. Lack of what is responsible for that fear?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Application.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Encouragement.

13. Children often fear what?
(a) Looking foolish.
(b) Math on the board.
(c) Word problems.
(d) Complex formulas.

14. Which is the false adage pointed out by Paulos?
(a) What goes around comes around.
(b) You have to win sometime.
(c) Everything comes in threes.
(d) Time is money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often caused by childhood trauma?

2. What is the term for knowing something before it happens?

3. Which is taught in elementary schools?

4. When does this occur?

5. Which is related to pseudoscience?

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