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Is this Common Core math question the worst math question in human history?
Daily Caller ^ | Dec 12, 2013 | Eric Owens

Posted on 12/12/2013 8:47:50 PM PST by Innovative

There are also traditional word problems. Twitchy has found a word problem that may be the most egregiously awful math problem the Common Core has produced yet.

Take a look:

15. Juanita wants to give bags of stickers to her friends. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each friend. She's not sure if she needs 4 bags or 6 bags of stickers. How many stickers could she buy so there are no stickers left over?

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TOPICS: Education; Science
KEYWORDS: commoncore; curriculum; education; learning; math; mathproblem; mathquestion; quiz; quizquestion; school; teaching
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To: Innovative

Juanita has no friends. She dropped a dime on them and ICE came to take them away, and so she gets to keep the stickers all to herself AND the assault rifle that somebody nice from the federal government gave her. And she can hold up her little playmates and take their stickers too. The End.


121 posted on 12/13/2013 11:12:35 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: logic101.net

until the ‘conservatives’ get rid of the current ‘leadership’ they haven’t gotten even a hint of what a pair is


122 posted on 12/13/2013 12:55:21 PM PST by Nifster
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To: Bullish

It was Mariano River’s number.


123 posted on 12/13/2013 2:26:50 PM PST by oldbill
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To: oldbill
It was Mariano River’s number.

IIRC, any player who wore #42 before the MLBs retirement were allowed to finish out their career wearing it. It is officially retired for all future players.

124 posted on 12/13/2013 2:55:39 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: stormhill

Right, 3 friends, 6 bags
4 friends, 4 bags (but I dismissed this possibility)
6 friends, 6 bags (I dismissed this possibility also)


125 posted on 12/13/2013 4:45:27 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: Rodamala

I meant that ProtectOurFreedom likely intended that X, Y equation as an example of a problem that doesn’t have a specific answer, similar to the word problem at the top of the thread.


126 posted on 12/13/2013 6:01:10 PM PST by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Grimmy

Do you have a point? :)


127 posted on 12/13/2013 7:25:08 PM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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