Too few chances and choices

On multiple choice questions, I often do them fast and sometimes get it wrong first. I think more tries would be much better, and to make sure there aren't too many guesses, there could also be more choices.

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Comments

If you got more than one try the chances of guessing the answer right would be too high.

Cole Coupland - 7 years, 4 months ago

Yeah exactly so I think there should be more choices, like 8.

Daniel Chiu - 7 years, 4 months ago

Making eight good choices takes quite a bit more time and can be overwhelming.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Silas Hundt – Yeah, I thought about that. It's just that I think that too few choices makes silly mistakes too influential. I am not sure what the best solution is, it isn't too bad now, but I just have trouble with it.

Daniel Chiu - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Daniel Chiu – Maybe, spend points for another try?

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Silas Hundt – Yeah I guess that is possible, but as points don't really serve a purpose now it seems like everyone would do that... Will point exchange or something similar come back?

Daniel Chiu - 7 years, 4 months ago

Well, it's awfully exhausting to think of 8 answer choices for certain problems. And having more than one guess would be huge difference! I mean, seriously! Any wacko could just solve 4 easy problems and then just use those points to solve like a Level 5!

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 4 months ago

Hmm... Pretty sure you get 3 tries before you are ineligible. Or did that get "patched"?

Daniel Liu - 7 years, 4 months ago

You only get 1 try on multiple choice problems... unless you've discovered some sort of bug. In which case, please tell me how to reproduce it!

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$