Question 6 is no piece of cake. All three should be compulsory for BWMA, ARM,
ACWM and the like. No true Imperialist would fail to answer correctly.
I would get "epic fail" on the Latin, Greek, History & Geography. With
resources (open book exam), I could hack my way through the math sections.
Why is an applicant to an American college expected to successfully manipulate
British currency? 20 shillings to the pound, 12 pence to the shilling or do I
have that backwards?
Does the student at least have a table of logarithms? I would hate to do the
long division, multiplication and root extraction solely by pencil and paper
methods. Fortunately, I am from pre-calculator days and can still use
logarithms when I need more accuracy than a slide rule, but I don't even
remember the method for manual root extraction, I'd have to use Newton's method.
From: Martin Vlietstra <vliets...@btinternet.com>
To: 'Martin Morrison' <c...@traditio.com>; 'USMA List Server'
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Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 4:35 AM
Subject: [USMA 50] Re: Metric in 1869 Harvard Entrance Examination
... and what about Question 7?
I doubt that many Brits would know where to start with this one, let alone
Americans.
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Sent: 25 December 2015 00:24
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Subject: [USMA 49] Metric in 1869 Harvard Entrance Examination
1869 Harvard Entrance Examination:
graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/education/harvardexam.pdf
Note Question 8 under Arithmetic. I wonder how many current high-school
seniors would even know where to start!
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