Interesting Geometry Test

[Jim Becker]

There is an article on MSNBC.com right now about how humans were "made" for geometry. A "test" accompanies the article and is available at this link...quite interesting. How did you do?

[Dave Richards]

100% How'd you do?

Test your innate geometrical sense
You answered 100% of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question.

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Here's how all readers fared:
Score 0-19 % 20-39 % 40-59 % 60-79 % 80-100 %
Readers 1 % 1 % 3 % 14 % 81 %
* 5902 total responses

[John Miliunas]

Gee, guess there rite; I kaint hardley spel giomitry and I aced it, two!

[Warren White]

I got 100%! (That has to be a first; I don't remember getting any 100% scores on my geometry tests in High School....but come to think of it, since I went to school with Pythagoras; the book wasn't that thick.

[Jack Hogoboom]

100%, but it was touch and go for a while....

[Tyler Howell]

100% but I am weird or odd.

[Roger Myers]

100%...but then I loved geometry.....

[Andy Hoyt]

90% - Got bolluxed up by the Michael Hosaluk lookalike, but I'm gonna protest

[Rob Glynn]

100%.
It is interesting that 80% of those who took the test got 100% result. I guess the test is easy?

[Cecil Arnold]

I agree with Rob, and got 100%

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Geo and ME friends! 100%

Bruce

[Andy Hoyt]

Well, protest failed. All I can say is, "It's really lonely down here in the 20% club"

[Vaughn McMillan]

Well, protest failed. All I can say is, "It's really lonely down here in the 20% club"

90% for me, too. I would have aced it, but I too dumb. (Actually, it's what I get for rushing through it.)

Andy, at least you and I are honest.

- Vaughn

[Ian Barley]

100%.
It is interesting that 80% of those who took the test got 100% result. I guess the test is easy?

100% here too.

Rob - I think that the point isn't so much that the test is easy - it is designed to show that pattern recognition and "geometry" is innate to the human mind. It's only geometry textbooks that set out to make it difficult.

The associated article which explains it is worth reading - here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10925120/

[tod evans]

100%........02