December 20, 2004

Homeschooling Aid

Take the state placement challenge!

My first time, I got an average error of 5 miles, but took 321 seconds. The second time I went for speed and got an average error of 9 miles in 167 seconds. The third time...ah, that was the charm: less than 2 miles average error* in 137 seconds. Can anyone beat that?

It included placing Oklahoma, and Nebraska after that, then Tennessee, all without any neighboring states for a referent. Only Nebraska was off at all, and everything else just clicked right in. Have fun!

Posted by at December 20, 2004 09:52 PM | TrackBack
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WOW! This test didn't really cut any slack! My mess up was R.I. had no idea in New England where she went.

I think I'll let my kids play it today. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: Amy Jo at December 21, 2004 06:57 AM

First time: 88%, Avg Error: 16 miles, Time: 194 Seconds.

I thought that was pretty good.

Posted by: King of Fools at December 21, 2004 07:24 AM

I might need a 12-step program for this thing :)

Posted by: Ben at December 21, 2004 04:01 PM

90% (I was very annoyed because it was sooooo specific about the placement), Avg. Error: 12 miles and 444 seconds (while fielding questions and hugs from my children who desperately missed me).

I am going to send my personal cartographer over to do this one...

Off to attempt for time....

Posted by: Rae at December 22, 2004 11:48 AM

O.K. 96%. Avg. Error: 3 miles and all done in 199 seconds.

That's better.

Thanks for the fun link, Nate.

Posted by: Rae at December 22, 2004 11:53 AM

Better for time (143 sec) avg. for score (93%) and worse for miles (15).

So, I am officially in second. That is until the Master Cartographer (R) comes in and teaches me a lesson :D

Posted by: Rae at December 22, 2004 11:57 AM

not the game to play at work, it kept yelling NO! GREAT! YEAH! i need some work to do, you can only google around the internet so long before you lose it!

Posted by: NICK at December 22, 2004 02:12 PM

Ok, finally got 100%. It helped that California came before Nevada. Time was 152 seconds. This was on my 321st try or something like that.

Alas, now I'm on to other challenges. My past career as a trucking company fleet manager and sales coordinator was very helpful here.

Merry Christmas.

Posted by: Ben at December 23, 2004 01:57 PM
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