Take This Simple Test To Find Out If You're A Speed Reader

[applegrove]

Take This Simple Test To Find Out If You're A Speed Reader


by Megan Willet at Business Insider


http://www.businessinsider.com/speed-reader-test-2014-2


I read at 385. I answered all three question correctly which is luck because I only knew the answer to one of them. I was definitely pushing it. And considering how much I read I really do not read very well. Of course not. I'm dyslexic.

[quaker bill]

1. 481

and I read most of it twice. I was in speed reading classes as a child back in the 1960s.

[3catwoman3]

2. WOW, quaker bill!

I am impressed.

No speed reading classes for me. I read at 383, and got all 3 correct. I was reasonably sure I was remembering them all.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. 1,486 words/minute

but I took a speed-reading course years ago.

[applegrove]

4. Woah!!!!

[3catwoman3]

10. Now I am...

...astounded!

[polly7]

5. 896

and I did get all three answers right, but I sometimes do miss things and need to go back.

[Vashta Nerada]

6. 464.

I'm not that fast. I prefer to read every word than skimming over things.

[distantearlywarning]

7. 1559

And I got all 3 comprehension questions correct.

[applegrove]

8. LOL! and I was totally pushing it at 385.

[Logical]

16. I got 2840. nt

[bluesbassman]

9. Didn't give me score, just said: Don't Quit Your Day Job!

Seriously, 528 all 3 questions correct.

[TheMathieu]

11. 186 words in 38 seconds. 297 WPM. 2/3 correct.

[proudretiredvet]

12. right at 700

and I got all the answers right

[msongs]

13. 900 but I could've answered the wizard of oz questions without reading the passage lol nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

14. 419 nt

[dilby]

15. 832 but I will admit I was just reading as fast as I can.

Not how I usually read, I read to relax and enjoy. Reading for me is a visual experience of the mind and blazing through content does not offer that.

[hedgehog]

17. But did anyone else recognize the source?

[applegrove]

19. Que?

[Fumesucker]

20. Yep..

[tkmorris]

18. ts;dr

[ananda]

21. I'm a slow reader -- 280

...

[Generic Brad]

22. 490

I am not too sure about that. I think we would need a longer test or more quick tests to confirm our actual reading speed.

[davidpdx]

23. I won't bother

I know I'm a really slow reader. Comprehension is hard as well. I have a very minor learning disability. It doesn't mean you can't succeed though, it just means it takes a little longer.

[Laxman]

24. What Kind Of Test....

is THIS. 831 words per minute would allow me to read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand in 6 hours and 15 minutes! Why in God's name would I want to do that?

[redwitch]

25. 461 wpm

Answered all 3 questions correctly.

[longship]

26. I went to Evelyn Food Speed Eating School.

Learned how to eat a 7 course meal in less than 10 minutes.

Speed eating is fun.

[bravenak]

27. 547.

That was fun.

[HarveyDarkey]

28. You read 1,832 words per minute.

That makes you 633% faster than the national average.
Got all three questions correct too.

[applegrove]

30. Oh don't get me wrong. Dyslexics are smart in many, many ways. They especially make

good business people and scientists. I didn't mean to be putting myself down. I'm glad I have dyslexia and am good at the big picture. I would not trade it for the world.

[HarveyDarkey]

31. Reading fast doesn't mean I'm smart

It just means I read fast.

[applegrove]

32. It is the mix of abilities and disabilities that make each one of us special.

I would be no good at putting thing together like I can unless I was dyslexic. The downside is I'm not good at learning when information comes in linear fashion. It has got to be 3D.

[Happyhippychick]

29. Cool!

[kimbutgar]

33. 455

I took a speed reading class a long time ago.

[SheilaT]

34. 886 words per minute.

I've always been a fast reader, which is one reason I do extremely well on standardized tests. More than once I've take a standardized test that you're not supposed to be able to finish, but I've finished it. Makes me appear to have a much higher IQ than I really have, whatever that might be.

[LostOne4Ever]

35. Sigh

I took a speed reading class long ago and im still a snail.

2/3 questions right (I guessed on 2 and I sort of remembered a third)

426 wpm

I got a degree in biology so I read SLOWER than I should

[kentauros]

36. I did (on FB.)

And I'm not.

Do you really want to know how slow of a reader I am?