Comments on: TV Review: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? http://www.bloggernews.net/116645 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:51:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: barbara grigsby http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-1017323 barbara grigsby Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:49:33 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-1017323 I am 79 years old and that program fasinated me I looked forward to Friday nights. They took all of the educational shoes off prime time and put trash like desperate housewifes etc. WHY? I turn those off and go to bed. I graduated from high school at age 70 after raising 4 children as a single mom. Education should be our main target. sincerely barbara I am 79 years old and that program fasinated me I looked forward to Friday nights. They took all of the educational shoes off prime time and put trash like desperate housewifes etc. WHY? I turn those off and go to bed. I graduated from high school at age 70 after raising 4 children as a single mom. Education should be our main target. sincerely
barbara

]]> By: dallasfan1148 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-789346 dallasfan1148 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:29:24 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-789346 actually this statement is easy, the question was "How many COMMON factors are there between 28 and 32?" so you break it down like this 28: 1x28 2x14 4x7 those are 28's factors. 32: 1x32 2x16 4x8 those are 32's factors. so when it asks what are the COMMOM factors, you look at the factors the 2 numbers have in common, and they are 1,2, and 4. So that means there are 3 Common Factors. actually this statement is easy, the question was “How many COMMON factors are there between 28 and 32?” so you break it down like this

28: 1×28 2×14 4×7 those are 28’s factors.

32: 1×32 2×16 4×8 those are 32’s factors.
so when it asks what are the COMMOM factors, you look at the factors the 2 numbers have in common, and they are 1,2, and 4. So that means there are 3 Common Factors.

]]> By: Dustin6644 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-668802 Dustin6644 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:56:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-668802 the question "how many common factors of 28 and 32 are there?" is to broad of a statement. there are four possible answers to this question. the answers are 6 factors, 4 factors, 3 factors, or 2 factors. in 5th grade usually you learn that there are 2 factors because in 5th grade you learn the prime factors and not the negative factors. 1 is not a prime number so it is not a prime factor. this makes the answer 2. the question “how many common factors of 28 and 32 are there?” is to broad of a statement. there are four possible answers to this question. the answers are 6 factors, 4 factors, 3 factors, or 2 factors. in 5th grade usually you learn that there are 2 factors because in 5th grade you learn the prime factors and not the negative factors. 1 is not a prime number so it is not a prime factor. this makes the answer 2.

]]> By: carl lloyd http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-433493 carl lloyd Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116645#comment-433493 On the last show there was a 1st grade grammar question about the "least amount of letters than can be used to form a word in the English language. Ironically, the question itself is ungrammatical. It's not the least "amount" but the fewest "number". Letters can be counted. They don't come in amounts. Sand and salt and sugar come in amounts. Nouns that can be counted - such as letters, calories and people - come in numbers. On the last show there was a 1st grade grammar question about the “least amount of letters than can be used to form a word in the English language. Ironically, the question itself is ungrammatical. It’s not the least “amount” but the fewest “number”. Letters can be counted. They don’t come in amounts. Sand and salt and sugar come in amounts. Nouns that can be counted - such as letters, calories and people - come in numbers.

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