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Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Math education in the empire is TERRIBLE. There is no actual math taught. At best it's applied analogies like this pizza BS. The teachers have never taken any advanced math so they don't even know what they're not teaching. The goals (eg. calculus) are completely worthless. The entire system is stuck in the 1700s. It's a complete failure. It's intentional too. The goal is creating obedient, little computers not critical thinkers. That would be a threat to the system. This image is just the tiniest tip of the iceberg.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

You might afford too much malice to something that might be just a generational incompetence and total lack of care. Smart kids don't increase this quarter's profits, therefore are irrelevant.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago

This brings back memories of when I realized that I was smarter than most of my teachers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

it's fairly clear there are two pizzas, but as to 'how' someone eats more than someone else... this is not really a simple math question, there are too many unknown variables. Maybe one has Bulemia, maybe one of them is 6'9" and has a much bigger appetite. Maybe one of the people has a congenital deformity resulting in two mouths... This question is not a math question, it's an exercise in creativity.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

How did they eat it?

They put it in their mouth, probably chewed a few times, swallowed, and then repeated the process as needed.

Q.E.D.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even if it is purely a math question though, it never specifies "Their pizzas are the same size." The student literally answered how this is possible in a reasonable way that satisfies the mathematical requirements, when the teacher is expecting an impossible answer of "it's not" after saying in this scenario that Marty did in fact eat more.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, if the question was "Is this possible?" then the teacher's answer would be reasonable.

But the "how" in the question implicates that it's actually factual and the student should come of with an explanation how. Which they did perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Both of your questions would be satisfied by the student's answer though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

True, even with the "Is this possible?" the student's answer should have been ok. But with the "how" the teacher's answer is plainly wrong.

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[+] [email protected] -27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The question is stupid, but the kid's answer is still wrong.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How is it wrong?

[+] [email protected] -14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

It's a basic assumption in these word problems. For instance, when they ask you to compare 2/4 and 2/8, you know that you can transform 2/4 to 4/8 and see that it's greater than 2/8 (0.5 > 0.25). It's a basic school program, there are no tricks here. It's a pure math exercise.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

There is literally a trick if they're asking how it's possible and it's actually not. The kid is right. If we're just ignoring all the words to look at the numbers why even have word problems? The point is to apply math to situations and that's what the kid did. Nothing provided in the question contradicts his answer. The teacher's an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

At no point does the question say that the pizzas are the same diameter.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It’s a basic assumption in these word problems.

When the question is "How is it possible?" then basic assumptions go out the window.

It’s a pure math exercise.

No, it even days "Reasonableness" above the problem.

Within the paramters of the question the kids answer is reasonable and correct.

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