National News 25% of college students fail math question

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Nearly 1 in 4 of the 6,000 college students who took a test last year on basic math skills incorrectly answered a question taught to elementary school sixth-graders, according to the Mathematical Society of Japan. The society, which carried out the basic math test between April and July to gauge college students' mathematical ability, said Feb. 24 that 18 percent of those who incorrectly answered the question — which involved averages — were science majors. Science students accounted for around 40 percent of the students who took the test, which was held for the first time in 2011. (Kyodo News)

大学生の25%が基本的な数学の問題に不正解

大学生の約25％が「平均」の意味を正しく理解していないなど、基礎的な数学力に問題があることが、日本数学会による調査で明らかになった。

Shukan ST: MARCH 9, 2012

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