Here's my journey into the Ontario Ministry of Education's Mathematics Proficiency Test (well, at least the practice test at https://www.mathproficiencytest.ca ) that new grads need to pass in order to get their teaching certificate.

Let's have some fun, shall we?

Interesting, no calculators allowed during the first section. Not exactly sure how this will be enforced while grads write this online but okay whatever

I actually enjoyed doing this in my head...

Dusting off the long division skills...

LEVEL UP! I've unlocked the calculator!

What's with math tests and trains leaving stations?

Chris also needs more than 3 paid sick days...

If you find a store that sells 14 cookies for $0.54 you need to call me and tell me where you are.

Not sure why I found this so fun...

This is one of those questions you stare at because you think there's gotta be a trick...

Obviously for this question I wanted to subtract the difference over and over again by pressing the equal sign on the calculator but they built this one specifically so it doesn't do that.

And that's how you troll math teachers.

Olga sounds like she'd be a hit at parties.

I'm actually super nervous about this part...

Definitely nothing wrong with this question.

Don't ask the MoE Twitter account this one...

Lots of policy questions...

Onto the optional questionnaire...

Yo these optional questions are probably THE MOST IMPORTANT AND TELLING of prospective teachers' ability to teach math to young people...

That's it - I did 70+ questions and wish I had that time back. Hope you had fun too.

Full disclosure: I got 44/45 on the math questions, and 19/21 on the pedagogical component.

I hope I can still keep my job.