IELTS · Part 3 · Cambridge 11 — Test 3
Preface to 'How the other half thinks: Adventures in mathematical reasoning': Reading answers
Answers to questions 27–40 (14 in all), each with why it is right.
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Answers 27–40
- 27
a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge
D Matching information
- 28
the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics
B Matching information
- 29
personal examples of being helped by mathematics
G Matching information
- 30
examples of people who each had abilities that seemed incompatible
C Matching information
- 31
mention of different focuses of books about mathematics
B Matching information
- 32
a contrast between reading this book and reading other kinds of publication
E Matching information
- 33
a claim that the whole of the book is accessible to everybody
A Matching information
- 34
a reference to different categories of intended readers of this book
F Matching information
- 35
beginner Note completion
- 36
arithmetic Note completion
- 37
intuitive Note completion
- 38
scientists Note completion
- 39
experiments Note completion
- 40
theorems Note completion
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