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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which other country is mentioned?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Norway.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Canada.

3. Which is not mentioned as being a way to teach children?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Interactive games.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Puzzles.

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

5. What is often used to explain non-science?
(a) Double talk.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) False reports.
(d) Useless statistics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book in the Bible is quoted by Paulos?

2. Many are innumerate because they cannot connect math to:

3. What is CSICOP?

4. What did the invention reveal?

5. Paulos believes that elementary schools lack ______ in their curriculum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the most obvious causes of innumeracy?

2. Why is the innumeracy in this case surprising to many?

3. What is most frequently taught in elementary school math classes?

4. In what areas of one's life is estimation important?

5. What other fallacies were contributed by Freud?

6. What is the discussion regarding the number of certainties involved in math?

7. What is one of the largest errors in integrating math into a student's life? What is a common result?

8. What is the author's opinion of the most common example of innumeracy?

9. How did Paulos overcome his early negative experiences in math?

10. How does Paulos relate this theory to Freud and the prediction of the great doctor's death?

(see the answer keys)

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