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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Deciding how to buy which item might help children learn?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

2. Which skill is used daily?
(a) Rounding off.
(b) Complex division.
(c) Estimation.
(d) Factoring.

3. Children often fear what?
(a) Math on the board.
(b) Complex formulas.
(c) Word problems.
(d) Looking foolish.

4. Which skill is rarely taught?
(a) Estimation.
(b) Factoring.
(c) Multiplication.
(d) Transposing.

5. The situation for mathematically uneducated high school students is:
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Sad.
(c) Critical.
(d) A fact of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is related to pseudoscience?

2. What piece of office equipment is mentioned?

3. What is often caused by childhood trauma?

4. Which book in the Bible is quoted by Paulos?

5. A correct answer is _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is estimation important? Who does it affect?

2. If algorithms are taught in elementary school, why is it difficult for students to learn and use them?

3. How did Paulos overcome his early negative experiences in math?

4. What is another commonly overlooked skill in elementary math classes? Why is it an issue?

5. Why was Freud's calculation incorrect? What was overlooked?

6. How common is innumeracy? What is the opinion of the general population regarding the subject?

7. What is the author's opinion of parapsychology as a pseudoscience?

8. What is Paulos' quote regarding innumeracy and pseudoscience?

9. Discuss the story of the student, the professor, and UFOs.

10. How does Paulos relate this theory to Freud and the prediction of the great doctor's death?

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