[metmom]

She told me she thought the answer was 11 and I told her based on the way the question was asked, she was correct. She was upset for getting it 'wrong' and had to 'correct' it (shown). Take a look at the question for yourself. It's hard to explain to a 1st grader than her teacher is a moron. I felt she should have gotten a gold star for answering the question correctly.

Are you serious????

There's no way that question could be interpreted any other way. Only if the question was read as *How many balloons are there?* could the answer even be construed as being 11. Only a careless reading of the question, reading what one wanted to read instead of what was there, could have left out the *more*.

Her clues should have been that the test was on SUBTRACTION and the verbal one of *how many MORE*.

And you're telling her she was correct? *bangs head on desk*

How about teaching her to ask for clarification from the teacher next time a question confuses her instead of telling her her teacher is a moron?

[JenB]

Yes, but the child was a first grader, right? I can easily see how she’d get confused. The question was really poorly written and relied on colors that aren’t there to give the poor kid a clue.

I wouldn’t say the kid got it right, but I do think the question should have been stricken off the sheet as confusingly stupid.

It’s easy for a six year old to see that “how many more” and think she’s supposed to add all the balloons.