Can you pass this basic Algebra test?

e36Adz · 4 May 2016 at 18:20

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsquiz/can-you-pass-this-basic-algebra-test/ar-BBsCVM3

Well?

I had to use a pen and paper for a few towards the end.

jsmoke · 4 May 2016 at 18:46

Need pen & paper after 10, should be able to hack a max score though.

Amp34 · 4 May 2016 at 18:53

15 here too, although 5 and 11 were difficult...

5 - it took me a while to re read the question and realize it told you that X was 2y...

- then it was easy.

11- ended up cheating a bit and guessing two numbers, can't remember how to rearrange that to get an answer the proper way...

xyphic · 4 May 2016 at 18:55

15/15, all done mentally.

something daft already!! · 4 May 2016 at 18:59

Cant get past the first question. MSN making their site non functional in Chrome. I feel dirty when I open Edge.

SlyReaper · 4 May 2016 at 19:01

Apparently not. Nothing happens when I click the answer to question 1.

Cosimo · 4 May 2016 at 19:03

howiepoohs said:
Cant get past the first question. MSN making their site non functional in Chrome. I feel dirty when I open Edge.

Won't work in IE11 either.

Dr Delphi · 4 May 2016 at 19:05

15/15 here in chrome

mushtafa · 4 May 2016 at 19:10

howiepoohs said:
Cant get past the first question. MSN making their site non functional in Chrome. I feel dirty when I open Edge.

This

Got to question 10 I think it was and couldn't go any further without working it out on paper

Zethor · 4 May 2016 at 19:12

That's not Algebra.

This <f> = {f^0,f^1, ... ,f^(n-1)} is Algebra.

mjt · 4 May 2016 at 20:02

14/15.
God knows how, but I messed this one up

4(3x – 5) – 6(x – 5) = 70

Sudden · 4 May 2016 at 20:51

12/15

The one I had no idea about was 11 I think..x2 + y2 +2xy = 25.

div0 · 4 May 2016 at 21:06

xyphic said:
15/15, all done mentally.

G-MAN2004 · 4 May 2016 at 21:19

1/15

Not quite sure how to make it to question 2.

Derek W · 4 May 2016 at 21:23

Nothing happened for me on the first question.....

Zethor said:
That's not Algebra.

This <f> = {f^0,f^1, ... ,f^(n-1)} is Algebra.

And this is Algeria

geuben · 4 May 2016 at 21:27

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Quartz · 4 May 2016 at 21:34

15/15 - utterly trivial.

PhysicsMan94 · 4 May 2016 at 21:36

15/15 - well, I'm a Physicist so all trivial for me of course

SlyReaper · 4 May 2016 at 21:56

mjt said:
14/15.
God knows how, but I messed this one up

4(3x – 5) – 6(x – 5) = 70

It's a bit sneaky, it's trying to trick you into thinking it expands out to 12x - 20 - 6x - 30 = 70.

It's actually +30, because the two minuses cancel.

mjt · 4 May 2016 at 22:14

SlyReaper said:
It's a bit sneaky, it's trying to trick you into thinking it expands out to 12x - 20 - 6x - 30 = 70.

It's actually +30, because the two minuses cancel.

Indeed. Literally took me 10 minutes to figure that out