Originally Posted by Tall boys
The superintendent has announced that students can not receive a grade lower than 50%. So if a student completely bombs a test, that student will still get 50%.
What I wonder is, what will this do to those children's understanding of percentages?! Can you picture the questions on the percentage test?

Q: Johnny takes a maths test with 10 equally weighted questions. He gets 6 questions completely wrong, and the others completely right. What will Johnny's mark be as a percentage?

A: ???

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