Challenge questions make me go CRAZY!

Question

Yes I know I should look at the questions carefully before I answer them, but there's one thing that drives me crazy and that's the complexity of mathematics - user submitted questions.

I'm not saying that they should be easy, but considering a time limit plus complexity for something like a loop, it just doesn't help - regardless, I'm learning but I can't help but challenge others to gain XP points, and this new leader system has me feeling a type of way to get to the top.

Answer 1

yea, we need more time!

Answer 2

I would never understand why players approve such questions. Problem might be that there is no time limit while reviewing them in the quizz factory, but that's not the only problem there. The more serious one for me is that quizzes are published only based on the number of likes they get, without being reviewed by Solo. That made it possible for wrong quizzes to pass, which drives me mad...

Answer 3

agreed

questions should not involve complex mathematical calculation or nasty loops, but rather logic and a fundumental understanding of the language and its more known built-in functions

some questions are just over the top and near impossible to follow in the given time frame

Answer 4

Sometimes it's hard to read lengthy options. I lost a challenge today because I couldn't read options of the multiple answer question asking about difference between pre increment and post increment. Such questions must be given more time to answer.

Answer 5

@Rain Yes, sometimes it is too short a timespan, but you can be sure your opponent has the same difficulty :)
There were some feedbacks to SL to introduce difficulty setting that would give time limits depending on the difficulty level of the question in - nomen omen - question. But I suppose it would complicate it too much...

Answer 6

Oh gosh I can imagine the override when attempting to answer those type of questions lol. Sololearn should make adjustments, because there are a few Einsteins here wanting to make a point.

Answer 7

It's equally hard for your opponent, too ;)
Frankly, I don't see math questions as a problem, provided that they do not mean calculation but rather noticing the logic behind it. So that you don't perform the whole complicated-looking calculation step-by-step, but spot the ones which for example cancel each other out.

Answer 8

I honestly seem to go wrong when I come across expressions that have various operators, as I usually forget the precedence of them. Apart from expressions in parenthesis, I know for most/some languages it's exponential multiplication division modulus addition subtraction if my recollection proves correct. I remember this with the acronym EMDAS.

Answer 9

Yep, thanks for the comment @rain.

Answer 10

The questions are definetly over board. I keep getting one question that defines and gives values to an array. Then it defines i. It asks me what like array[i-1]*array[i+1] and then performs decrement i-- After that, it asks me what array[i] is. I only have like 5 seconds to think of an answer, and my brain can't run fast enough. Certain questions should require more time that others, especially when they ask more of you.

Answer 11

I totally agree, time limit should increase with complexity/ difficulty

Answer 12

yeah the questions are ridiculous

Answer 13

It is impossible to make some calculations in time...

Answer 14

@Kuba Siekierzyński: I understand the logic. I know how arrays work and that it was asking me to change the array's 3rd value, [2], and then write what it is, but the time frame was too small for me to perform the calculations.

Answer 15

Yeah I agree with you, there are some questions that are very hard to solve within in the given time, we end up guessing the answer., We should be given with more time for such type of questions.

Answer 16

its kind of annoying that almost all the quizzes are math logic tbh, theres a lot of interesting functions that can test your actual knowledge of programming rather then just fast math skills, questions on thread concurrency and exception handling for instance, expand the scope of the questions.

id also love to see package weapons. example a html/css/js weapon and a php/sql weapon. so many options

Answer 17

@Mark Foxx: They teach you the acronym in middle school. It's full version is PEMDAS:
Parenthesis
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction

Answer 18

why not the sololearn soft in Chinese?😔

Answer 19

they could definitely make it easier, nut i guess want us learners to think really hard and fast

Answer 20

I know how you feel