Jul 14, 06:57 PM by Steve | Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Posted in Miscellanea & Entertainment
Kim likes to watch a show called “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” It is a game show hosted by Mr. Redneck Jeff Foxworthy where contestants answer grade-school questions and there are fifth graders there that the contestants can “cheat” off of. Its a silly premise but somewhat interesting to watch how stupid some people can be. But I just had to blog about the question we just saw, which was 4th grade “algebra”. If y = 3x and 3x = 12, what is the value of y. A nice trick question and the contestant fell for it ans guessed 4. She actually dropped out rather than have to answer it, but said she would have guessed 4. 4!
Now the next contestant is doing 4th grade math, and the question is “if the diameter of a circle is 4, what is the radius?” The contestant had to use her “peek” cheat! Its like watching a trainwreck
sadly, i’m not surprised ;)
— Jennifer Sorkin at Jul 16, 09:54 AM