Can you solve this math problem?

haroon_awan
haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
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This was proposed to a 7 year old boy in the first grade with the caption "I was helping my little brother"

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  • ronit_rai
    ronit_rai Posts: 325 Member
    10?..idk my math is not good.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    How can you tell how many he has from that problem?
  • maasha81
    maasha81 Posts: 733 Member
    who's Jack and how does he fit into this equation? :S
  • MoiKarina
    MoiKarina Posts: 139 Member
    who's Jack and how does he fit into this equation? :S

    :bigsmile:
  • DenialTwister
    DenialTwister Posts: 19
    Just ask Jack!
  • IGGLE82MUCH
    IGGLE82MUCH Posts: 1 Member
    Jack has zero stickers
  • DenialTwister
    DenialTwister Posts: 19
    Cause Nelson took them all off him!
  • bunnybutler29
    bunnybutler29 Posts: 291
    Jack is about to have 23 stickers. Just as soon as he gets his hands on them.
  • abhishekbansalinWECHANGED
    abhishekbansalinWECHANGED Posts: 155
    missing information....
  • steve2kay
    steve2kay Posts: 194 Member
    I know a Jack - he's got loads of stickers - maybe over 20.
  • littlepinkhearts
    littlepinkhearts Posts: 1,055 Member
    if Jacks a bully, he has 23
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
    who GIVES another person stickers???????
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    Those who are saying the question is missing information.

    Please! Do not question the legitimacy of an educational institution!
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    who GIVES another person stickers???????

    I use to trade stickers all the time as a kid to put on my note book! So, sometimes I would share with friends, I think we got them from some candy or breakfast cereal.
  • Flab2fitfi
    Flab2fitfi Posts: 1,349 Member
    As the saying goes

    Jack has S**T.

    On a serious note this is an appalling question and scary that it has been set by a school.
  • KinoM
    KinoM Posts: 359 Member
    I can't see the picture. Can someone type up the question?
  • sassypants0923
    sassypants0923 Posts: 7,188 Member
    This is why kids hate math haha
  • maasha81
    maasha81 Posts: 733 Member
    I can't see the picture. Can someone type up the question?

    Tani has 13 stickers. Jen gives him 10 more. How many stickers does Jack have?
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    This is what happened. (Well, an educated guess at it....)

    The first edition of the book had all traditional English names that were popular in the 1950s like Jack, Peter, Jane, Susan and so on. And in the name of diversity, in a later edition they put in names from a range of different cultures and names that are more popular currently. Unfortunately, whoever was editing that question, only changed the name "Jack" to "Tani" the first time it appeared, not the second time.

    Hence the mystery Jack suddenly appearing at the end of the problem.
  • KinoM
    KinoM Posts: 359 Member
    I can't see the picture. Can someone type up the question?

    Tani has 13 stickers. Jen gives him 10 more. How many stickers does Jack have?

    I think I was better off not seeing it.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    Jack is dead, is the correct answer >.>
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I would answer 0.
    We don't have any info on Jack, so its a trick question
  • FatHuMan1
    FatHuMan1 Posts: 1,028 Member
    I'm Jack and I don't have sh$t.
  • Sylvitryinghard
    Sylvitryinghard Posts: 549 Member
    who the fck is Jack?
  • 722_christina_722
    722_christina_722 Posts: 325
    This is your typical trick question at the kindergarten level. I would like to pretend these types of questions don't happen, but in fact us teachers enjoy the thought of tricking little a-holes. We want all of your children to fail. This mysterious Jack is really just a fictitious manifestation of our imagination. He, in our book, can have whatever amount of stickers we say. We can change the answer, make up an answer, or tell the kids that they are wrong without explanation. Its just how the system works!
  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
    Not enough information to solve as it is written.
  • Eli716
    Eli716 Posts: 262 Member
    Just ask Jack!

    This :P

    I hate when questions are asked when there's not enough information. Boo.
  • Hawkeye_74
    Hawkeye_74 Posts: 205 Member
    NONE!!!. The question does not initially give us a number that Jack started off with.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    Ahhhhh....how I love natural selection.

    Weed out the herd for Mensa.
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    This is what happened. (Well, an educated guess at it....)

    The first edition of the book had all traditional English names that were popular in the 1950s like Jack, Peter, Jane, Susan and so on. And in the name of diversity, in a later edition they put in names from a range of different cultures and names that are more popular currently. Unfortunately, whoever was editing that question, only changed the name "Jack" to "Tani" the first time it appeared, not the second time.

    Hence the mystery Jack suddenly appearing at the end of the problem.

    Those GOD Damn minorities! Breathing all the air, changing our education! And Tani should go back to Japan, that is why we put all the Tanis in concentration camps or "internment programs" for the PC folks!

    MURICA! DON'T TREAD ON ME!

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