A math exercise for a second grader goes viral. He was shared on Twitter for his “impossible” solution. The boy’s father openly expressed his annoyance.
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A puzzled parent and a child who does not understand homework
All kinds of content is shared on social networks. It just so happens that a furious parent made a post on Twitter. A school task for a second grader was described, but without resolution.
The boy asked his father for help, since he did not understand the task. When the father read the mathematical statement, he did not understand either. It was only necessary to perform a simple subtraction, but the data was very confusing.
The exercise is not a mathematical challenge, nor is it a question of complex numbers. However, there were two options: “either it was poorly planned, or simply it is time to say that there was no solution with the given data.”
Source: @VMengual
The Twitter account @VMengual
Through this account, the publication that went viral was made. The account indicates that its owner is in Almería, Spain. It does not have a photo, because instead of a photograph of the user, the image of a character from the Simpsons appears.
The problem is the following: “in a park there were 473 lemon trees. Later, some more lemon trees were planted. Now, there are 620 Canary Island pine trees on the mountain, how many lemon trees were planted? There is no solution!
– The only thing that is known is that there were 473 lemon trees at the beginning.
– Then, “some more lemon trees” were planted. No specific amount is indicated.
– Finally, it is reported that there are now “620 Canary Island pines” on the mountain. You cannot add or subtract lemon trees with pine trees!
Well, the tentative answer to the question posed is: “some more lemon trees were planted, but the exact amount cannot be established.” Actually, it seems that the problem is poorly stated or with some error.
Source: @VMengual
The post went viral
It has come to have more than 400 retweets, 114 quoted tweets and more than 1,000 likes. Also, he has a huge amount of comments. Some of the comments of the people are the ones that we show below:
– “The wording of the problem does not make any sense”
– “They should cut down the trees”
– “That math problem is similar to a meme that became famous, where it was said: «If I have 3 churros and I smoke 7, how many apples are left for each unicorn»”
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What do you think of the problem that the child was assigned as homework? Well, the wording is confusing and it seems that the teacher was wrong.
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