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		varjag on Dec 3, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT Entrance exam (1869) True, but it wasn't typical Russian school level in 1868.

migiale on Dec 3, 2010 [–]

check this out http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/BogdanovB... this is a painting from 1895 pupils were supposed to do calculations like the one on the blackboard in their heads, without any writing

varjag on Dec 3, 2010 | [–]

It's not algebra, you wouldn't have gotten to MIT with that even back then.

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