When you put down your pencils for the last time on the Arizona AIMS Math test? Are you going to feel good about the test or are you going to feel rotten? Are you going to home happy that you gave your all? or are you going to feel pwned?
One of the most useless test of your life will be given next week: the AIMS Math Test.
You have the sample test.
You have the annotated solutions guide, provided by yours truly.
Now, go out there and kick some test!!
I would be disappointed if I wrote this manual for nothing, but then again, it would be nice for students to do something more productive like have a pizza party. 
That’s right. A pizza party is a better use of student and teacher time than the AIMS Test.
Look at this joke:
As the recession sets in, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the AIMS math test undervalues and undercuts all the hard work that graduating from high school requires.
Arizona Daily Star is reporting that Arizona lawmakers may basically end the significance of the AIMS test all together – SWEEEEET! This is totally awesome.
Here is an excerpt from that article:
“If we’re going to do this, we really ought to just get rid of AIMS,” said Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert. But Rep. Andy Biggs, also R-Gilbert, said the bill doesn’t water the test down more than it already is.
“The reality is, AIMS is already gutted with or without this bill because it’s been politicized,” Biggs said. “It’s just symbolic.”
I am excited because this means I can focus on a new, real exam for real students that does not have mandate related to the futures of students — instead it will be a new marketing tool for various students with various talents …
Yep, that’s right. “Super-AIMS” Math Test is still in development. Sample questions will be available in mid-March.
Developing …
This question is testing your ability to calculate permutations.
They are asking for the number of permutations of n things taken n at a time.
Specifically, the are asking for number of ways you can arrange 6 students in EVERY order.
Mathematician use factorial notation to represent the number of possible permutations for situations like this.
There are 6 seats and 6 students. Six seats taken at six students at a time.
6P6 = 6!
6! = (6)(5)(4)(3)(2)(1)
As you can see by multiplying the first 3 factors, the only possible answer is Choice A.
Choice D is wrong. The points on this graph are not random, so there appears to be a relationship between te test scores and the days absent.
Choice A is also wrong. This makes no sense.
There are only two choices left: Choice B and Choice C.
We see there is a downward (negative) slope that shows a trend of test scores as they are related to days absent.
It is safe to say that as students missed more days of school, their test score decreased.
Choice C is the correct answer.
3 days. 3 times. 2 gyms…
possible outcomes?
3 x 3 x 2 = 18
18 different outcomes are possible
choice C is the answer.
We start with this equation:
-12x2 + 17x + 5 = y
If x = -2, then we find that
-12(-2)2 + 17(-2) + 5 = y
-12(4) + 17(-2) + 5 = y
-48 + -34 + 5 = y
-77 = y
The correct answer is Choice D.
Reflection produces a mirror image of an image. There is no change in size.
Translation only involves a position shift in the image. There is no change in size.
Rotation creates a copy of the image that is positioned at a different angle. There is no change in size.
Dilation involves the change in relative size or dimensions of a shape.
Choice D is your answer.
The table provide gives some very important information.
The first hint is found in the second row, where we find the y-intercept.
At the y-intercept, when x=0, y=4.
From our choices, the only possible answers are equations with a y-intercept at y = 4.
Hey! Only one equation in our choices meets this requirement.
So, Choice C is the correct answer.
** These sample tests were downloaded from the Arizona Department of Education AIMS Math Test Web Site and mirrored on this server for your convenience during high-demand weeks leading up to the exam.
No Math? No Rosalind Franklin.
No structure of DNA or cell phones.
No Math? No George Washington Carver.
No Peanut Butter. No Shampoo.
No Math? No Albert Einstein.
No General Relativity Theory.