http://www.primezero.com/aims Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:47:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the rest of your school year! Now is the time to start studying for the AIMS Math Test. You will pass it because you believe you can. http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/09/03/welcome-to-the-rest-of-your-school-year-and-i-promise-it-is-goin-to-hurt/ congratulations on all the hard work in preparing for the most useless exam of your life. :) if you think you passed, bye-bye NOW. for those who think they failed, see ya next time. http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/04/08/aims-math-test-today-w00t/ Test next Tuesday. Don't panic! Get a game plan together. Set priorities. Go for it! Spend some study time practicing with sample tests. Review your weak areas with Primezero's Annotated Solutions Manual. Get plenty of sleep on Monday night. Kick the AIMS math test so hard that the test publishers feel it. http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/04/04/aims-math-test-next-tuesday-time-to-huddle-study-and-kick-some-aims-math-butt/ We celebrate Christmas because of the birth. :) Why do we celebrate Easter? Because of the resurrection. Don't study today for the AIMS Math. Today is a day for reflection and rejuvenation. Enjoy the sunrise tomorrow morning. http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/03/22/happy-easter-everyone/ 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 ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/03/14/aims-math-test-should-be-canceled-this-year-classes-should-have-pizza-party-instead/ 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 ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/03/04/the-age-of-aims-has-come-and-gone-long-gone-are-the-days-of-fake-standards-testing-now-cometh-the-reality-of-pure-economic-survival/ Arizona Daily Star reports that Arizona's State Tutoring Program AIMS tutoring funds are being "halted", just as students are preparing for the high-stakes examination. Why? It's not related to football. It's not related to basketball. It's not related to hockey. It's not related to golf. Place the budget for one city-managed Super Bowl ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/02/24/cutting-tutoring-funds-about-one-month-before-the-aims-test-only-in-arizona/ In light of the lowered standards in the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards, Primezero will develop a new "Super AIMS Math Test". Even if students pass the AIMS test, they may not be prepared to actually solve real-life problems in industries such as roofing, solar energy and even baking. Students exiting high ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2008/02/11/primezero-research-to-develop-completely-different-and-independent-super-aims-math-test/ This problem is testing to see if we can simplify this expression using the correct order of operations. Given expression: 14 – 4 * [2 + 3 * (8 – 5)] step 0 14 – 4 * [2 + 3 * 3] step 1, simplify (8 – 5) 14 – 4 * [2 + 9] ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2007/12/11/sample-test-item-6-2005/ This test item is checking if we understand the definitions of different types of triangles. Choices B and C are both not true. A triangle that has exactly two congruent sides is called an isosceles triangle. Scalene triangles have no congruent sides. Equilateral triangles have exactly three congruent sides (all sides are equal). Thus, Choice D is ... http://www.primezero.com/aims/2007/12/11/sample-test-item-5-2005/