Which one is “she?”
“The” remaining quarter?
Was this from an 1865 voter registration test?
Tracey fucked around and found out
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ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nikko882@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It may feel like those should be from 1865, but those tests were only outlawed in 1965. It was not that long ago.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Illustrating once more that “English” is to “language” what “Pluto” is to “planet”.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
You can do this exact same thing in Spanish
cockmushroom@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Every language supports syntax that is semantically unsound.
qualia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
16-4 = 12
12/4 = 3
4+3 = 7
So the answer should’ve been a slap and 7 bars.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That solution assumes it’s a quarter of the remaining bars. How is worded, it could be 4 more bars she wants, making it half the bars at that point.
It’s badly worded, and deserves a slap.
dadGPT@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
1 slap for 7 bars is a deal
voidsignal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
After giving the slap I take all the bars. So long, loser.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The Eminem Solution
Johanno@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
A slap is correct.
Then follow up with the unclear task.
First answer is 16 - 4 = 12 12 /4 = 3 3+4=7
However it could also mean that 16/4 =4 and then 4+0 =4
Or you could also understand that Tracey wants 3 quarters so she would have 12
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It does say “remaining quarter” which is definitely meant to be a quarter of what’s left. With word problems, you generally follow the order the statements are made. So your first assumption is correct. 16-4=12 Rachel is left with twelve bars, which we need for the next part of the statement.
12/4=3 Tracey asks for a “remaining quarter” and thus takes three. 4+3=7 Tracey now has 7 bars.It’s just a terribly phrased sentence. Appropriately worded and still coded correctly, it should say something like:
Rachel has sixteen chocolate bars. Tracey takes four from her and then asks for a quarter of what remains.
How many bars does Tracey now have?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
But that’s not what is being asked. What you’re talking about is a quarter of the remaining candy. What they’re asking is “the remaining quarter” implying what she has left is a quarter of what she originally had.
Meaning she must’ve had 48 before everyone started stealing her candy.
Antares@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
Why did Rachel have 48 chocolate bars?
luthis@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
What?
Tracey takes 4 from Rachel. Tracey now has 4, or 1 quarter, Rachel has now 12, or 3 quarters.
Tracey asks for the remaining quarter.
…what ‘remaining’ quarter?
miseducator@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, should be something along the lines of “… asks for a quarter of the remaining chocolate bars”. Or maybe not. Who knows?
dalekcaan@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
This sounds like some SAT “make questions harder by making them more confusing” bullshit.
Shizzymcjizzles@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
That shit drove me insane. You’d think they would vet the questions better. I spent more time trying to understand what it was they wanted solved than actually solving it. Once that was clear finding the answers took no time.
Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Wait until no one is proofreading Ai tests.
If Tom has four apples and Jeff is invisible, how far is it to Perth Australia?
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s a trick question. Tracey purposely asks for “the remaining quarter”, which is inherently unclear. She then exploits Rachel’s confusion to run off with all 16 chocolate bars.
People like Tracey should be behind bars (pun not intended).
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
While we are at it, the teacher needs a slap too.
That was obviously the correct answer.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
OK, start with 16 and she takes 4, so you have 12 left.
Now of that 12 she wants a quarter of them, 1/4 x 12 = 3.
Add that 3 to the 4 she took at the start and you have 7 total.
The wording makes the question confusing.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The wording doesn’t make the question confusing, the wording is incorrect in the English language. The “remaining quarter” implies only a quarter (4) remains of the original total (16) after the described transactions. It should say she asks for “a quarter of the remaining”.
JayDee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The ‘remaining’ quarter means a quarter of what is remaining of Rachel’s pile. The phrasing is odd but there really isn’t any way to misconstrue it without turning the meaning into nonsense that you can’t do math on.
luthis@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
A quarter of the remaining total ≠ the remaining quarter
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A quarter is 25% of anything. If she has 12 left, 25% is 3.
luthis@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Yes but that isn’t a remaining quarter. That’s another quarter.
cantaloup@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Maybe it’s like Tracey ends up with 4 chocolate bars and ¢25
Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The quarter wasn’t about candy, Rachel slings all types of dope.