This is literally a trick question.
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025
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The title of this post is disappointing. The given answer is sound and it seems safe to assume it was arrived at by thinking mathematically.
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I suspect many commenters are missing the point, the student's response can only be the correct and expected answer to this question. Teacher has it wrong.
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Ah, a teacher that does not comprehend the barometer
Two other right answers:
- Luis' pizza is at least smaller than Marty's (which is basically the same answer as the kid's)
- Marty ate someone else's pizza besides his own
And, for funsies:
- Luis' pizza is 50% crust, so it doesn't fully count as pizza
- Luis doesn't like pizza and actually fed the dog while nobody was looking
- Marty is many years older than Luis, therefore he has eaten many years' worth of pizza ahead of Luis
correct fraction = 4/5, as in, Luis' pizza is smaller than the 4/5 (80%) of Marty's pizza.
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The statement and question make perfect sense. The kid has the only "reasonable" answer.
The statement and the question do not make any kind of sense. Would make more sense to ask who ate more pizza when one ate 2/3 and another one ate 3/4 of an equally sized pizza.
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Actually a kilogramme of feathers is heavier, because you have the weight on your conscience of what you had to do to those poor birds to get all those feathers.
Commendable for the kid to be thinking outside of the box, and a bit shitty of the teacher for not giving them maybe half a point (because it's a correct answer, but not the correct/expected answer). The test maker is also to blame - they should've taken care to eliminate all ambiguity - it's a math test after all.
The kid's answer is the only correct answer. It's not half right, or 5/6 or 4/6 right. It's the only correct answer that fits the question. The teacher is a moron who has no business in a math classroom except as a remedial student.
Marty could've eaten someone else's pizza besides his own, which would also make it a correct answer. The question didn't say he ate 4/6 of his pizza and nothing else
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My wife has pointed out that there is indeed one other correct answer. One kids is bigger -- OR, the other kid's is smaller. TWO right answers.
The teachers response is incorrect. It is stated as fact that marty ate more pizza.
Oh, yes, you're right! I read the question again.
P.S. And if really is a fake/made up test like some other folks claim in the comments, just look at how much of a discussion it throws us into.