Test for eighth graders in Kentucky dated 1912

[W.G.Ewald]

Were children smarter a century ago? Test for eighth graders in Kentucky dated 1912 ignites debate over kids' intelligence today | Mail Online

 

[Dovah]

We had a similar syllabus too. Don't know what kids have these days though.

 

[Razor]

We had a similar syllabus too. Don't know what kids have these days though.

Dude, this is for eighth grade.
I think this looks like 4th or 5th grade in India. I could be wrong though, as I don't remember.

 

[Dovah]

Dude, this is for eighth grade.
I think this looks like 4th or 5th grade in India. I could be wrong though, as I don't remember.

Some of it is lower grade. But the questions on simple interest I think were introduced in 7th-8th standard.

 

[angeldude13]

Some of it is lower grade. But the questions on simple interest I think were introduced in 7th-8th standard.

compound interest was also introduced in 7th or 8th grade

 

[warriorextreme]

We had these sums in 6th grade, but we had already gone through most of these during fourth grate as all of us had to appear for state scholarship exam.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

To answer question 11, the student would need to know the dimensions of a cord.

Cord (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia