Are You Smarter Than A Fourth Grader?
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Here are 12 of the 30 questions from the 2016 Whatcom County Math Championship test given to fourth graders. To beat math champ Ethan Rockwell of Silver Beach Elementary, you will need to get at least nine of the 12 correct. How many can you get right (even with the help of multiple choice)? No calculators, Google or mathematically inclined friends allowed (not even fourth-graders).
What are your thoughts on this subject?
152 Comments
David Roy
gary, the primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 and 29.
David Hill
explain to me why number 4 is 30 degrees
argyleranger
Gail Cusack, me too
Gary Chadwick
10/12
Niclkes dimes and quarters, that's American terminology.
mikeyparry
8 / 12. Above average. Quite a tough quiz. I might have got one more if I knew what nickels, dimes and quarters are!
gary
That is to say - the one with the coins adding up to 95 - how to begin ???
gary
I counted only 9 primes between 1 ant 30 . As for the last one, don't know how to solve it. This would have been a tough test for 4th graders. 70 and still working out my brain. Cheers :)
Scott
12/12 "Above average". Thanks for the answers!
kbparker
Thank you so much for the answers!
buhlemann
like my 4th grade teacher said, "read the question".
Carol Lee
Bruce Maine, I didn’t check 12 but 9 is right. He gave you one endpoint and the middle. Find the other end for the pair then add them together (16,-8)
Gail Cusack
No nickles dimes and quarters in New Zealand!
70 years ago in NZ we weren't taught some of these. Enjoyed the questions where I could logically work them out and hhank you for giving answers. Still testing my brain at 75..
Alex Vivaldi
Missed an easy one due to inattention...11/12. HOWEVER, no way is this 4th grade material.
Nickey Welsh
I know nothing about the value of Nickles, dimes and cents so hadn't a clue how to work it out.
Elsy O. Stromberg
I think this would be too hard for all but the smartest fourth graders.