Systematic tests and scales, besides defining the abilities we are to establish and improve, are of very great service in measuring the status and improvement of individuals and of classes, and the effects of various methods of instruction and of study. They are thus helpful to pupils, teachers, supervisors, and scientific investigators; and are being more and more widely used every year. Information concerning the merits of the different tests, the procedure to follow in giving and scoring them, the age and grade standards to be used in interpreting results, and the like, is available in the manuals of Educational Measurement, such as Courtis, Manual of Instructions for Giving and Scoring the Courtis Standard Tests in the Three R's ['14]; Starch, Educational Measurements ['16]; Chapman and Rush, Scientific Measurement of Classroom Products ['17]; Monroe, DeVoss, and Kelly, Educational Tests and Measurements ['17]; Wilson and Hoke, How to Measure ['20]; and McCall, How to Measure in Education ['21].
National Intelligence Tests.
Scale A. Form 1, Edition 1
TEST 1
Find the answers as quickly as you can.
Write the answers on the dotted lines.
Use the side of the page to figure on.
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| 1 | Five cents make 1 nickel. How many nickels make a dime? | Answer...... |
| 2 | John paid 5 dollars for a watch and 3 dollars for a chain. How many dollars did he pay for the watch and chain? | Answer...... |
| 3 | Nell is 13 years old. Mary is 9 years old. How much younger is Mary than Nell? | Answer...... |
| 4 | One quart of ice cream is enough for 5 persons. How many quarts of ice cream are needed for 25 persons? | Answer...... |
| 5 | John's grandmother is 86 years old. If she lives, in how many years will she be 100 years old? | Answer...... |
| 6 | If a man gets $2.50 a day, what will he be paid for six days' work? | Answer...... |
| 7 | How many inches are there in a foot and a half? | Answer...... |
| 8 | What is the cost of 12 cakes at 6 for 5 cents? | Answer...... |
| 9 | The uniforms for a baseball team of nine boys cost $2.50 each. The shoes cost $2 a pair. What was the total cost of uniforms and shoes for the nine? | Answer...... |
| 10 | A train that usually arrives at half-past ten was 17 minutes late. When did it arrive? | Answer...... |
| 11 | At 10¢ a yard, what is the cost of a piece 10½ ft. long? | Answer...... |
| 12 | A man earns $6 a day half the time, $4.50 a day one fourth of the time, and nothing on the remaining days for a total period of 40 days. What did he earn in all in the 40 days? | Answer...... |
| 13 | What per cent of $800 is 4% of $1000? | Answer...... |
| 14 | If 60 men need 1500 lb. flour per month, what is the requirement per man per day counting a month as 30 days? | Answer...... |
| 15 | A car goes at the rate of a mile a minute. A truck goes 20 miles an hour. How many times as far will the car go as the truck in 10 seconds? | Answer...... |
| 16 | The area of the base (inside measure) of a cylindrical tank is 90 square feet. How tall must it be to hold 100 cubic yards? | Answer...... |
From National Intelligence Tests by National Research Council.
Copyright, 1920, by The World Book Company, Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York.
Used by permission of the publishers.