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 | | At the third and fourth grades, Korea (81%, third; 91%, fourth), the U.S. (66%, 83%), and Singapore (64%, 78%) had the highest percentage of correct answers to the first part of the question. |
 | | Indeed, in science, the Consortium eighth-graders finished fourth, and no country had a score that was significantly higher; at the fourth-grade level, the Consortium outscored all nations in science, and only second-ranked Korea's score was not significantly lower. |
 | | Given the size of a gas tank, the rate of fuel consumption, and the distance driven, only 34% of American eighth-graders could accurately determine how much fuel would be left at the end of the trip, but only three of the 41 countries had more than half of their eighth-graders succeed on this question. |
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