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Re: math comprehension was:graph interpretation



brian whatcott wrote:

At 16:42 3/11/98 -0500, Bill Larson wrote:

==>A question on my diagnostic test asks the student to make a reasonable
==>estimate of log (base 10) of 500. Any answer between 2 and 3 is
==>accepted.
...
Oops! Calculators are allowed. How can I make this undoable
via calculator? (They will convert any other base to
natural logs, so that won't work.)
...
Bill (Nine more exams to write) Larson

I can only recommend that you give a first portion of the test with no
calculators allowed (I highly recommend this anyway).

J. Epstein