Have to disagree with you on that. All the people of my parents (sixty something) generation had to do mental arithmetic in school. I didn’t have to and now I hear the times-tables aren’t even being taught in schools because all kids have calculators and are encouraged to use them, even for exams.
I’m wondering if my answer to the alcohol consumption actually gave me an advantage - as in “my God, with his brain that pickled, it’s amazing he turned on the computer in the first place! Let’s give him an extra 50 points”.
It seems to be true, at least in some schools. Mine was one of the last years that went through HS on the “no-calculator” rule (I graduated in 1985). The ability to do rapid calculation in my head has served me in good stead in a number of jobs involving statistical reporting; for simple calculations I can add mentally faster than I could type it into the calculator (of course, maybe I just need to improve my typing speed).
[sub] Kids today… <grumble grumble grumble>[/sub]
I guessed my IQ would be 120. (I had taken an online IQ test a while back and did very well, but I always figured it was off.)
My actual IQ from this site: 134
Language: 11/12 (I realized afterwards that aeroplane is a Brittish spelling and couldn’t figure it out while I was doing it.)
Memory: 12/12
Logic: 20/22
Numbers: 12/12
Perception: 10/12 (I didn’t read how fast the time went there and let the first one slip because of time.)
I was surprised at the numbers part as I generally don’t feel I do well in math.
IQ: 135 (estimated 130) About the same as I usually get on these…
Language: 12/12
Memory 11/12
Logic 21/22
Numbers 9/12 (in my defense, I was talking to my mother on this part)
Perception 10/12 (unsurprising. I’m good at spatial stuff, but it takes me a long time to get them. Also, I can’t tell my right from my left, so the right-left turns thing screwed me up.)
I told them that I was in the South and that my nearest city was Liverpool. Think that messed up anybody’s tables?
125 actual, 135 estimated.
Off to clean my browser cookies. . .
Sounds kinky
135 (est. 130) Not bad for this board. I’m 28 by the way.
Lan: 11/12
Mem: 12/12
Log: 21/22
Num: 12/12
Per: 11/12
Cool. Lots of fun.
135 for me. 9/12 on numbers, which doesn’t surprise me at all, since I have the mathematical abilities of a vacuum cleaner. 21/22 on logic, which does surprise me, because I usually get nipped pretty hard in that category.