Johnny, age six years, earns an age equivalent of 7-2 on an intelligence test. The appropriate statement to make based on this information is that
A) Johnny earned the same number of raw-score points as the average of children 7 years, 2 months of age.
B) Johnny has an IQ above 130.
C) Johnny is below the median of children 6-0.
D) Johnny thinks the way a 7-year-2-month-old thinks.

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Johnny's age equivalent score of 7-2 on an intelligence test means he performed as well as the average child who is 7 years and 2 months old, not that he thinks like one or has a specific IQ.

Johnny, Age Six Years, Earns an Age Equivalent of 7-2