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You can conquer, but not divide: It must be math anxiety.
Byline: Bobby Bryant
Sit down. This is important.
Many Americans suffer from a condition known as "math anxiety." We have developed a simple test to help detect it.
Our test uses a sample question from the College Board's SAT exam, designed to be doable by a typical high school senior. The question follows:
"Helpers are needed to prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes or 35 small cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours, and 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes are needed. How many helpers are required?"
Try to solve this problem. (Note the SAT's tricky use of the hoity-toity French "fete" rather than the honest English "party." This is just one of many ways the SAT tries to trip you up. But we digress.)
The answer to the above math question is 10. Ten helpers would be needed to make the cakes.
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