Chinahand Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Clearly I am 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I also really liked this problem. I'm still not certain I can explain WHY you get the answer you do - other than it being intrinsic to the universe/multiverse/mind of god/our man made assumptions etc, but considering the problem involves irrational numbers and square roots of irrational numbers it really is quite surprising. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 So, Wrighty, good effort, 1/2 marks MTP - Top of the Class Gladys, John Wright, Dilligaf - Not good enough, see me, must try harder, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 i would have got it right but i was too busy watching love island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 So, Wrighty, good effort, 1/2 marks MTP - Top of the Class Gladys, John Wright, Dilligaf - Not good enough, see me, must try harder, etc.... Why only 1/2 marks, he got the same answer as your video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I got different results measuring them on the my phone and then on my desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 The problem is I saw the Youtube video and used the figure from the Youtube video which gives less information than the figure in the actual test - it doesn't say the figure is rectilinear. Wrighty assumed the figure was rectilinear - he did state this. MTP refused to state any assumptions and stated it could not be solved with the information given. Wrighty - a practical, open and problem solving approach which gets to the point the test was trying to get the pupils to understand. MTP ... ... though I'm sure he'll correctly assert his approach was 100% right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) Why only 1/2 marks, he got the same answer as your video. Because the correct answer to the original question as posted here is "no". The original question posted here was "can you work out what the perimeters of these two figures are with the information available?" That's not the same test as the one in the video - where the shapes are described as rectilinear. Edited June 29, 2016 by pongo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I think I prefer wrighty's approach to MTP's. If you need to build a raft to escape a desert island you'd rather someone who says "well it looks like right angle, let's carry on" to someone who says "we don't know if that's a right angle, let's sit here until someone tells us if it is a right angle or not". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Good enough for building a raft. Not good enough for building a space rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 You're right, I probably wouldn't get in a space rocket built by wrighty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 So, Wrighty, good effort, 1/2 marks MTP - Top of the Class Gladys, John Wright, Dilligaf - Not good enough, see me, must try harder, etc.... Like I give a shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 your attitude is not conducive to learning gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 your attitude is not conducive to learning gladys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 worth re-iterating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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