Yes 4 is the intended answer but ppl like cory thought 5 was the answer so the establisment acknowledged both as answers. The wording is a bit iffy. Meadows knows her stuff
This makes me wish I had some pictures of the ridiculous questions I've seen on Taiwanese exams. I don't think American students would be able to pass at all over here, even disregarding the language barrier. I teach some exam prep classes for the English language certification tests, and they have some tasks even I struggle with. I've seen some really weird riddles offered up as "English" questions, and solving for the answer has nothing to do with English at all, besides being able to read the question.
The units are in percent so it makes sense to me as 18 percent but if you think mathematically it really is 900 percent increase. The wording just ambigious...stupid english
Hey most of us dont have the privilege of fluent english. And u know some ppl read backwards and read number 5 first and then move on because they thought it was the answer having not read all of the passage...
Eh, 5 could've been more clear yeah cause it's true if you're talking an 18% increase of the total surveyed, but not if you're talking an 18% increase of the ones who gave cell phone numbers 6 years ago.
Still, any test proctor (military, GRE, advanced placement, etc.) will tell you to pick the most correct answer, and if you're quibbling over semantics, you've already lost that argument. Not reading all the answers is also not a good excuse.
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Wait until somebody smarter comes along to answer.
So yes fact checking
I feel like this is a test and I'm failing.
it says an '18 percent increase "IN THE CATEGORY" of cell phone numbers.
where as if it said just an 18 percent increase from 2006, then it would be wrong.
#2 is grammatically wrong, LOL.
i mean #4 is so blatently wrong. even if 5 were wrong too, 5 at least 'could be right'
"Highest of all the catagories"
"Highest of all of the catagories"
That would be correct
it is what they stated
learn english fool
That's jewish shit right there...
Edit, nvm, I see it, it's #4 -_-
Still, any test proctor (military, GRE, advanced placement, etc.) will tell you to pick the most correct answer, and if you're quibbling over semantics, you've already lost that argument. Not reading all the answers is also not a good excuse.
No 4 is the obvious answer here.