Indian bride walks out of wedding when groom fails math test

AP ^ | March 13, 2015 | Staff

[C19fan]

An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said Friday.

The bride tested the groom on his math skills and when he got the sum wrong, she walked out.

The question she asked: How much is 15 plus six?

His reply: 17.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Hey! This guy answered my customer service call last week!

[WayneS]

Excellent - but that's actually two number systems.

[WayneS]

Okay. I can see that.

[Irishguy]

Only in common core maths

[fidelis]

"...police said Friday."

They called the police over this??

[Dr. Ursus]

I expect 108 Malas from you!

[glorgau]

She didn’t specify the problem exactly enough, so in effect she was doing the old “can’t you read my mind” routine. I fail that stuff on purpose - which is probably why I’m single.

[WayneS]

They called the police over this?? Yes.

The [former] groom was charged with using a weapon of math destruction.

[WayneS]

They called the police over this??

Yes.

The [former] groom was charged with using a weapon of math destruction.

[painter]

FR really needs a ‘Like” button :-)

That would be handy.

[left that other site]

I was counting on that!

[fidelis]

Math tests as the price of admission are inherently unfair.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Did you say maths?

https://vimeo.com/13497928

[Rad_J]

The guy heard the question as referring the the girl he had sex with a few days earlier. she wasn’t 15, she was 17!

[zaxtres]

Sure there is...make one up like Common Core does...

[jmcenanly]

As well as financial problems.

[BlackAdderess]

I wonder if this was a case of the bride “asking” the groom if he was good with the arranged marriage. It could be that his math skills were a negotiated deal breaker and she was creative in giving him an out.

[coloradan]

Not unless you change the meanings of the symbols around, i.e. mix bases as another has done, or simply reassign the values of the symbols.

But, assuming the symbols mean what they usually mean, subtract ten from 15 to get 5, and subtract ten from 17 to get 7. (This works in any base, so long as it’s the same base for both numbers.) You get the remaining addition problem 5+6=7, which has the same meaning in all bases as it does in base 10, because these are single digits being added, and getting produced, so the base doesn’t matter.

[kingu]

Of course he answered 17.. He was so focused on the two of them that he added it to 15 and came to the answer of 17. What a loss for her.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I used the “Diner” strategy with my wife. We were all hanging out one night, inebriated and I told my friends, with my future wife present that in order for the wedding to happen, she would need to answer a few hockey questions.

She took up the challenge.

I only asked one question. “When was the last time the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup?

She nailed it. We have been married for almost 26 years.