CAHSEE - Math for Dummies Traditional Cache
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CAHSEE - Math for Dummies
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This is the sequel for the previous "CAHSEE - Math" puzzle cache. This drive up cache is now offered without the requirement of doing the CA High School Exit Exam math problems.
This is the final answer location and you may go directly to the cache without doing the following, previously required "Released Test Problems". The former cache listing is below strictly for your entertainment value. No hint on this one.... you won't need it. Take a moment to check out the historic school house across the street.
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This California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) cache is a cache that gives an inside look at what the modern day high school student is supposed to know. The unique cache container, is an easy to find.
As you may know, the State of California had deemed that all students, no matter their situation, pass an exit exam. Below are some of the math test questions that have been released up to October 6, 2007. A larger portion of the more interesting questions are not shown due to the need to include diagrams. The full set of released questions (with answers) is at www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/documents/math06rtq.pdf
Are you smart enough to graduate? Do you think our lawmakers could pass the test?
(I will be glad to tutor or simply give you the answers by email)
The organization of this quiz is tough to explain but easy to do....To organize your answers, a grid (blanks spaces below) with nine rows and 4 columns (Use letters for columns). The rows will be used for each of your answers and the columns will be used for checking at the end. Do not use leading zeros before the decimal and left justify your answer in the rows using one digit for each box. Trailing zeros are allowed or leave the open spaces blank. Empty blanks count as zeros. Truncate anything after the four columns. All answers should be changed to absolute value (Ignore the negative sign if the answer is negative).
Example: - 0.00753 would have zero in columns A & B, column C would contain 7 and column D would contain 5. The “3” would be truncated (ignored) and the negative sign ignored.
Row #1 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #2 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #3 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #4 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #5 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #6 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #7 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #8 _____ _____ _____ _____
Row #9 _____ _____ _____ _____
“Released” Exit Exam Test Questions:
Row #1. Mr. Gulati is holding five cards numbered 1 through 5. He has asked five students to each randomly pick a card to see who goes first in a game. Whoever picks the card numbered 5 goes first. Juanita picks first, gets the card numbered 4, and keeps the card. What is the probability that Yoko will get the card numbered 5 if she picks second? Use decimal answers.
Row #2 Ricardo runs 10 miles each Saturday. If he doubles his usual speed, he can run the 10 miles in one hour less than his usual time. What is his usual speed?
Row #3 The owner of an apple orchard ships apples in boxes that weigh 2 kilograms (kg) when empty. The average apple weighs 0.25 kg, and the total weight of a box filled with apples is 12 kg. How many apples are packed in each box?
Row #4 Robert’s toy car travels at 40 centimeters per second (cm/sec) at high speed and 15 cm /sec at low speed. If the car travels for 15 seconds at high speed and then 30 seconds at low speed, what distance would the car have traveled?
Row #5 Anna has the letter tiles “S T A T I S T I C “ in a bag. She reached in the bag and pulled out an S. She then put the tile back in the bag. If Anna randomly selects a tile from the bag, what is the probability she will select an S again?
Row #6 What is the value of the other leg in the right triangle that has a leg of 4 and an hypotenuse of 5?
Row #7 What is the y intercept of 2x - 2y = 12?
Row #8 What is the x value to the system 7x + 3y = -10 & -4x – y = 15
Row # 9 The largest possible circle is to be cut from a 10-foot square board. What will be the approximate area, in square feet, of the remaining board (4 corners)? .( A =pr2and p˜3.14)
ANSWER CHECK: To make sure your answers are correct and you don’t hunt a phantom.....add the answers horizontally gaining a total for each row. Then vertically listing the total for each column.. The numbers for the rows & columns should add up to....
Row #1 = 7 Column #A = 32
Row #2 = 5 Column #B = 8
Row #3 = 4 Column #C = 12
Row #4 = 6 Column #D = 2
Row #5 = 8
Row #6 = 3
Row #7 = 6
Row #8 = 7
Row #9 = 8
The cache location numbers are given as “ordered pairs” such as (Row#3, Column#B) would be shown below as (3, B) and have a value of zero.
The Actual coordinates are found by substituting the ordered pair values from the questions:
N 38 58. (5,A) (1,A) (4,A)
W 121 00.98 (9,A)
Taking a lead from, Are You as Smart as a 5th Grader, I have allowed a cheat. IF YOU USE THE “CHEAT” OPTION, YOUR LOG MUST STATE: “I AM NOT AS SMART AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE... BUT I AM SMARTER THAN THE POLITICIANS” or something similar.... your chance to be creative.
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