Are You Potentially a Genius, and didn't know it?
Take this easy 3 minute test: are you a genius???
called a congnitive reflection test: developed at MIT
if you solve these 3 problems in your head in 3 minutes or less, then you are intellectually gifted.
one correct: average
two correct: top 1% IQ
three correct: superior intellect, not accurately measurable.
harvard students: averaged 1.43; princeton students: averaged 1.63; MIT students: averaged 2.18
carnegie mellon students: averaged 1.51; U Michigan students: averaged 1.18; U Toledo students: averaged .57
Test
1. a bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the
ball. How much does the ball cost?
2. it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets. How long does it
take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
3. in a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. every day the patch doubles
in size. if it takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how
long would it take for the patch to cover one-half the lake.
answers below:
DONT LOOK; DONT SPOIL THE TEST 1. 5 cents 2. 5 minutes 3. 47 days for more information, go to: http://www.mit.edu/people/shanefre/CRT.pdf
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Still uncertain as to wherther you are a budding genius? Try the following!
See if you can figure out what these words have in common.
1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess
Are you peeking or have you already given up?
Give it another try - Look at each word carefully.
(You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer.)
This Is so Cool.
Potential Answer: each word has only 3 or 4 letters? Well that's not the answer we are looking for.
No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters, nor is it about the vowel arrangements, tempting though they were at first glance.
HINT: LOOK AT THE WORDS BACKWARDS. GET IT??
Answer: In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.
Did you figure it out? No? Then send it to more people and stump them as well. Then, you'll feel better too.
next problem: can you think of another word in this category??
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