Now we know why teacher isn’t teaching math, but they should definitely not be teaching reasonableness either.
Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Given 4/6 x > 5/6 y therefore x > 5/4 y
Marty’s Pizza must have been more than a quarter larger than Luis’. The kid is exactly right. And the teacher is not flexible enough to engage outside their expectations for how the question was supposed to be answered.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure the kid’s answer was how it was supposed to be answered
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Honestly I suspect the question was phrased poorly. It should have simply said “who ate more pizza” not stated who ate more and request to explain how
JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The test is for lateral thinking, not for mathematics.