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Since I'm old and reactionary I think exams are easier today

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12/15 for me

3, 11 and 15 wrong but I'm sure there's nothing wrong with my answer to 3.  11 and 15 couldn't work out the pattern in time :D

How many do you need to pass?

meh, 14/15. my mind's obv deteriorated from when I took my 11+, pretty sure I got 100% in that

this one fucked me


5.   16,  17,  18,  18,  20,  19, ____

13 imo :-)

Top of the class!
You've scored 15 out of 15.

Maths is easy.  That vocab one wasn't so great

14/15 for me, failed that one too.

12/15

I find maths relatively easy, language a little less so, but a couple there had me thinking for a while - quite tough for the average eleven year old I think.

Was only looking at this as I think it was in one of the big weekend papers that one of the questions in Maths GCSE O level this year was along the lines of

1. Write the number 500,000 in words.

Kind of ridiculous I thought, I'm sure it was like most examples in that it was hand picked to make a point but did seem silly easy for a serious exam

Same one wrong,Passed the 11 plus back in the day.

That's the one I got wrong too

And me. Will get my 11yo lad to have a go later to see how he gets on.

15/15 but only ever won one reverse sheep quiz! Now they are a real test of intelligence.

46+ years on and 14/15 - got bogged down on the code one and ran out of time

ditto 14/15     still cant work the logic behind q.15 :(

I passed mine in true life 18 years ago.

[ x ] Brag post.

1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th numbers go up by 2 each time; 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th go up by 1

That's the kind of question that differentiates between a G grade student and a U (unclassified/fail) - in the real world the difference between just having a maths GCSE and not having one can make a difference - but any sensible employer wouldn't/shouldn't really differentiate between an F, G or U given how low the standard is to get those grades.

Think they put that last question in just so that anyone who says they got 15/15 could be marked out as a liar.

Aah,  makes sense

13/15 - couldnt get either of the codes in time.  I guess if you can get 1 the other is easy

Mitch would probably guess the correct answer to be fair.

Topic: Can you pass your 11 plus ?

NO

Quite true - for Mitch, 15/15 is his ratio of pairs/sets on an average night at DTD.

I got 2/15

Fortunately I have a huge house and an amazing job that pays me an extortionate amount of money so it doesn't matter anyway.

You forgot to mention how good looking you are - oversight ?

Ooooh! my first ever exam! only got 10/15 but I did'nt even atempt Q 9, 10 and 11 (hate maths) so only got 14 and 15 wrong
Apparently even that poor score would have passed!
I knew I was dead clever ;whistle;

13/15 for me and I couldn't work out that last one either.

14/15.  Got the last one wrong too.  Was well annoyed after reading the correct answer for it.  Sooooo obvious once you know the answer. 

did anybody get the last one right (other than by guessing)? it's odd how no-one seems to be able to see that pattern

  very nice i got 14/15  and have a shit job with shit pay.I live with my mum and dad.

I just did it and got 15/15 (and I don't think maths is a particular strong point of mine).  I either latched onto the pattern pretty quickly, or just got lucky, but pretty sure I can see it.

pretty much along the lines Jon said..... dunno if it's the same now, but when i sat my GCSE (semi not ancient brag) there were four different papers - 1 being the hardest and 4 being a piece of piss (with questions like that one).  If you sat the higher level you did papers 1 and 2 and could attain an A-C grade or a U, intermediate papers 2-3, where 100% would bag you a grade C, and foundation level (3 and 4) where the highest mark you could pick up was, I think, an E grade.

He'd have to guess, he must be one of only two grown-ups alive who do not know what a prime number is.*

*lil Dave has gotta be the other one. I love that boy.