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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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Answer, solution, comments?
To: Innovative
Maybe Juanita needs to buy a couple of friends?
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:50:03 PM PST
by
thecodont
To: Innovative
How can you possibly solve this if you don’t know how many friends there are or how many stickers per bag?
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:50:57 PM PST
by
Lizavetta
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:51:29 PM PST
by
Rennes Templar
(If you like your disease, you can keep it.)
To: Lizavetta
“How can you possibly solve this if you dont know how many friends there are or how many stickers per bag?”
There you go, being rational! ;)
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:52:01 PM PST
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: Innovative
apparently the answer to these types of questions is always 6 or something... I have no idea... lol
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:52:47 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Innovative
The number of bags doesn’t matter. Juanita needs to kill the rich kids who already have plenty of stickers so she can give them to the people who really deserve them.
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:52:59 PM PST
by
bigtoona
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:53:14 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(Posting here = IRS audit.)
To: All
i’m wondering how I knew her name would be Juanita before I even read the question.
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:53:26 PM PST
by
willywill
To: JusPasenThru
“42, of course.”
LOL! Yes, indeed the answer is always 42. :)
(For those who wonder, it’s from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” — the answer to everything is “42”.)
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:55:24 PM PST
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:55:52 PM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Innovative
there are no answers, the solution is for congress to grow a pair, and my only comment is ‘what else would expect from this administration?’
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:57:14 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: Innovative
Sheesh, they could skip the words and make the problem a LOT simpler. “X + Y = 10. Solve for X.”
To: Innovative
Juanita better put some ice on that.
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posted on
12/12/2013 8:59:07 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: Innovative
Are “stickers” a new euphemism for pot / crack / methanphetamines.....?
then it would make sense.
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:01:23 PM PST
by
spokeshave
(OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
To: spokeshave
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:01:58 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:02:08 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
(I'm not afraid to say what i mean nor should you be afraid of what you know to be true !)
To: Rennes Templar
That’s the funniest damn thing I’ll read this week.
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:03:34 PM PST
by
bluetick
(If you're going to err, err on the side of liberty.)
To: SERKIT
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:04:48 PM PST
by
bluetick
(If you're going to err, err on the side of liberty.)
To: Innovative
Well Duh!.... she needs 6 bags of stickers... because as soon as she starts giving away free crap, she will get more friends.... and those new friends will make sure she doesn’t have any left over... And when she runs out of stickers, Juanita will instantly become a stingy racist homophobe tea bagger because she won’t go buy more stickers for everybody.
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posted on
12/12/2013 9:07:01 PM PST
by
Safrguns
(PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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