Literally correct?

[AngryTechnician]

Below is a scan of part of a maths test paper that was handed in in our lower school this week. The pupil unfortunately got the answer wrong, which is unremarkable in itself, but what's interesting is the very literal answer given when asked to show his working...

[mac_shinobi]

prolly being daft here but I don't get the answer ?

[Mako]

Brilliant. I love how minds work.

 

prolly being daft here but I don't get the answer ?

 

"Show how you worked it out", the student has done a drawing of themselves thinking. One must think to work it out. It's a very literal answer.

[ICT_GUY]

Virgin media messing up the viewing of said picture.

[powdarrmonkey]

Virgin media messing up the viewing of said picture.

 

It's a drawing of a small person with thought bubbles, small-child style.

 

Awesome

[Little-Miss]

that's brilliant!!

[localzuk]

Love it

[cbeeching]

Priceless!

[somabc]

It would be more impressive if they got it right

[bossman]

@somabc:

 

I agree in the fact that the student is being taught how to calculate the correct answer to the question, but the answer that has been given is in fact more correct than you might think!?

[Mako]

This thread also reminds me of;

http://www.uoregon.edu/~gilkey/dirhumor/ExamQuestions/findx.jpg

[AngryTechnician]

This thread also reminds me of find x

Funnily enough, that was the first one I mentioned to the teacher who brought me the above.

[Dom_]

Would have been better if they'd put something random in the thought bubble, like a puppy - would explain the wrong answer at least :-P

 

Awesome though!

[somabc]

@somabc:

 

I agree in the fact that the student is being taught how to calculate the correct answer to the question, but the answer that has been given is in fact more correct than you might think!?

 

No No No, the working is not the answer. I mean the answer of £1.11 when it should be £1.30.

 

2 - 2x(0.35)

 

Anyway they could also have shown a neuron firing to into synapse, ie how did you work it out -> I thought about it (duh)

or drawn a picture of a calculator.

[Little-Miss]

boooo

[mac_shinobi]

No No No, the working is not the answer. I mean the answer of £1.11 when it should be £1.30.

 

2 - 2x(0.35)

 

Anyway they could also have shown a neuron firing to into synapse, ie how did you work it out -> I thought about it (duh)

or drawn a picture of a calculator.

 

I had to think a little bit to work it out in my head, I normally work out how much it costs for said amount of items and then subtract that away from the total amount of monies

 

so other way around of what you did above

 

2 * £0.35 = £0.70

 

£2.00 - £0.70 = £1.30

[mossj]

I had to think a little bit to work it out in my head, I normally work out how much it costs for said amount of items and then subtract that away from the total amount of monies

 

so other way around of what you did above

 

2 * £0.35 = £0.70

 

£2.00 - £0.70 = £1.30

 

Under BODMAS that is the same as "total - qty*price" or in this case "2.00 - 2*0.35"

 

not sure why someabc put brackets around it... That would of been incorrect, if the teacher was feeling mean

[mac_shinobi]

Under BODMAS that is the same as "total - qty*price" or in this case "2.00 - 2*0.35"

 

not sure why someabc put brackets around it... That would of been incorrect, if the teacher was feeling mean

 

what's bodmas stand for again and brackets would of been correct as the b in bodmas stands for brackets which means to do that part of the calculation first then do the rest of it although it should of been

 

2-(0.35*2)

[mossj]

what's bodmas stand for again and brackets would of been correct as the b in bodmas stands for brackets which means to do that part of the calculation first then do the rest of it although it should of been

 

2-(0.35*2)

 

Brackets are unecessary though as you would of done multiplication before the minus.. hence a mean teacher...

 

B rackets

O rder (powers)

D ivision

M ultiplication

A ddition

S ubtracation