\nYou Passed 8th Grade Math<\/strong>
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\nCongratulations, you got either 9\/10 or 10\/10 correct!
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I choked at the last minute trying to remember the difference between a whole number and an integer. I guessed wrong. Otherwise, take that, oh skeptics of the humanities! I’m at a robust 12-year-old level!<\/p>\n
EDIT: I’m trying to discover the difference between a whole number and an integer. Is there a difference? If so, what is it? If not, then the makers of the test may have stumbled. Some sources say whole numbers must be positive. Others say that whole number and integer are synonymous. I tremble to see this kind of uncertainty.<\/p>\n
FURTHER EDIT: Ah, I see that I really did get 10\/10 on the math quiz. This Wikipedia entry<\/a>, which I have checked against other sites such as Wolfram, etc., makes it clear that “whole number” can mean the same as “integer.” Apparently the term “whole number” has become so ambiguous–positive integers, nonnegative integers, all integers?–that its use is now discouraged by some (many?) mathematicians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sure, but not quite with Andy’s flying colors: You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got either 9\/10 or 10\/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? I choked at the last minute trying to remember the difference between a … Continue reading