College Jeopardy--cat: SAT math

[Gomer]

A few of the rough tough questions.

1/3 squared

The degrees a minute hand covers in 90 minutes

A 100 lb person standing on a scale is holding two 5 oz bags of candy, what does the scale read in oz.'s

60% of 20-------SOMEONE GOT IT WRONG!!! they said eight.

I forgot the other question, but I am going to ask someone what it was, it was just as simple.

[geekgrl]

Unfortunately, to everyone those aren't simple. Math is my weakest point - I probably can only do about two of those problems, and even then it'd take me longer than you can buzz in on jeopardy.

[Gomer]

I can understnad where you are coming from geekgrl. I just laugh when they ask questions about literature (even though I love to read). I never know what the heck they are talking about.

[Szech]

1/9!

540 degrees!

I don't have standard conversions memorized, but I think it's 8 oz. per pound, so 810.

12!

Anyway, I don't think of Jeopardy questions as reflecting what you know (those questions are odd).

[hallam2003]

there is 16 oz to a pound - but I never know any of the other ones - especially the cooking ones - tbls. to cups - all that ****....

[This message has been edited by hallam2003 (edited 08-14-2000).]

[qball]

I'll add;

How much does a gallon of water weigh?

Suppose you buy a case of (24-12oz) beers, how much does the beer weigh?

[Gomer]

A pints a pound the world around--8 pints to a gallon, therefore 8 pounds to a gallon of water.