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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 isn’t going to buy ANY bags of stickers. YOU ARE, and you’ll pay for bags and bags of stickers for her friends, too.


21 posted on 12/12/2013 9:07:43 PM PST by informavoracious (Root for Obamacare and healthcare.gov failure!)
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To: Innovative

Juanita has no friends so she needs no stickers......


22 posted on 12/12/2013 9:08:41 PM PST by GraceG
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To: Innovative

And if you are a masochist, you can try some of the Common Core test questions here:

http://www.testprepreview.com/common-core-test-prep.htm


23 posted on 12/12/2013 9:09:51 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: GeronL

The Answer is Always “C”


24 posted on 12/12/2013 9:10:06 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Innovative

She should buy 12 stickers if she’s cheap or some other multiple of 6 and 4 if she’s feeling generous.


25 posted on 12/12/2013 9:11:01 PM PST by Seattle
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To: Innovative

She doesn’t need to buy stickers. She should get government to give out free stickers.


26 posted on 12/12/2013 9:11:35 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Lizavetta

Without the qualifiers, the answer is, none..


27 posted on 12/12/2013 9:11:58 PM PST by carlo3b (“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad,” Henry Kissinger)
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To: Innovative
Folks, you're ALL wrong!

The correct answer is: "Because White people are racists!"

Regards,

28 posted on 12/12/2013 9:14:28 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s a straight line.


29 posted on 12/12/2013 9:14:46 PM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Innovative

Can’t answer unless we know if it they are Obama logo stickers or Gadsden Flag stickers.


30 posted on 12/12/2013 9:15:22 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Innovative

“LOL! Yes, indeed the answer is always 42. :)”

Oh yeah? Always?

What was Mariano Rivera’s number?
What is the square root of 1764?
Where was Bill Clinton in the presidential order?

Gosh, you’re right!


31 posted on 12/12/2013 9:15:54 PM PST by oldbill
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To: Innovative

Actually, the answer to “life, the universe, and everything” is 42. We just need to figure out the question...


32 posted on 12/12/2013 9:16:55 PM PST by MortMan (We've gone from ‘failure is not an option’ to ‘failure is not an obstacle’.)
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To: KC_Lion
REAL MEN ANSWER "C"..

http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/coffee/rlmntest.htm

33 posted on 12/12/2013 9:16:59 PM PST by carlo3b (“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad,” Henry Kissinger)
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To: Innovative
The answer is ridiculously simple:


34 posted on 12/12/2013 9:18:40 PM PST by massmike (If I like my tagline,I can keep it! Obama said so..........)
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To: Delta Dawn

Bzzzztttt!!! Try again. Hint: It’s a system of equations (one) with two variables.


35 posted on 12/12/2013 9:19:52 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Innovative

It depends on the kind of stickers?


36 posted on 12/12/2013 9:21:15 PM PST by bergmeid (Resist we much!)
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To: Nifster

there are no answers, the solution is for congress to grow a pair

Oh come one now, we all know the Dims have plenty of really big ones, it is the Republicans that don’t have any; at least not most of the male Republicans. Some of the female Republicans; well that’s another story.


37 posted on 12/12/2013 9:24:15 PM PST by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of "gun free zones"?)
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To: Innovative

24, obviously.


38 posted on 12/12/2013 9:25:18 PM PST by deweyfrank
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To: Innovative

The right answer is WTF?


39 posted on 12/12/2013 9:27:28 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: deweyfrank

Correction, it’s 12.


40 posted on 12/12/2013 9:28:43 PM PST by deweyfrank
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