Elementary Math Madness

[TeeJay]

Ok this problem made me laugh
Super easy math question (for school age kids) curious how many of you guys could figure out the correct answers


Hannah bought 3 boxes of cookies
There are 12 cookies in each box
Hannah shared the cookies with her friends
Each of them received 6 cookies

How many friends did she share her cookies with? A

If Hannah shared the cookies with 8 friends instead, how many cookies would each person receive? B


I am betting the majority of the board gets A & B wrong lol we shall see

 

[danmand]

Ok this problem made me laugh
Super easy math question (for school age kids) curious how many of you guys could figure out the correct answers


Hannah bought 3 boxes of cookies
There are 12 cookies in each box
Hannah shared the cookies with her friends
Each of them received 6 cookies

How many friends did she share her cookies with? A

If Hannah shared the cookies with 8 friends instead, how many cookies would each person receive? B


I am betting the majority of the board gets A & B wrong lol we shall see

5
4 .

 

[Nathan 88]

A=5
B=4
This is assuming she also shared them with herself.

 

[IRIS]

5
4 .

:encouragement:

 

[Mable]

We do not know if she had any herself.

 

[BAMan 55]

We do not know if she had any herself.

Question says "How many friends did she SHARE her cookies with?" So, clearly she had some herself. Answer is A5, B4.

 

[TeeJay]

Question says "How many friends did she SHARE her cookies with?" So, clearly she had some herself. Answer is A5, B4.

Yup which is surprising me what most people missed
I kept seeing 6 & remainders lol

 

[Mable]

Question says "How many friends did she SHARE her cookies with?" So, clearly she had some herself. Answer is A5, B4.

Not so fast. I can share my pie with others while not having a piece for myself. The question is vague. It is NOT clear that she had some herself.

 

[danmand]

Not so fast. I can share my pie with others while not having a piece for myself. The question is vague. It is NOT clear that she had some herself.

verb
verb: share; 3rd person present: shares; past tense: shared; past participle: shared; gerund or present participle: sharing
have a portion of (something) with another or others.
"he shared the pie with her"

 

[GameBoy27]

I hated these stupid math questions when I was in school and I still hate them today. I fail to see how this is even remotely useful in day to day life.

 

[drstrangelove]

It shows the ability to solve problems, and that's always important.

 

[basketcase]

Seems more of a language problem than a math one.

Reminds me of:

A plane with 300 passengers crashed exactly on the border of Canada and the US and 230 people died. What country do they bury the survivors in?

A rooster is sitting on the peak of a roof with one side to the north and the other facing south. When it lays an egg, which way will it roll?

 

[K Douglas]

Ok this problem made me laugh
Super easy math question (for school age kids) curious how many of you guys could figure out the correct answers


Hannah bought 3 boxes of cookies
There are 12 cookies in each box
Hannah shared the cookies with her friends
Each of them received 6 cookies

How many friends did she share her cookies with? A

If Hannah shared the cookies with 8 friends instead, how many cookies would each person receive? B


I am betting the majority of the board gets A & B wrong lol we shall see

A) So there's 36 cookies in total. Hannah keeps 6 cookies leaving 30. If each got 6 then she shared them with 5 friends.
B) Each person receives 4 cookies. 36/(8+1)

 

[Mable]

verb
verb: share; 3rd person present: shares; past tense: shared; past participle: shared; gerund or present participle: sharing
have a portion of (something) with another or others.
"he shared the pie with her"

Your embellished definition is incorrect.

 

[spraggamuffin]

If you had a box of cookies, would you give yourself the same amount as someoneelse?
ie Share it equally amongst you and your friends?
Hell No.
For all we know, Hannah is one greedy ass fat mother... who only gave two people 6 cookies each and had the rest for herself.
If the problem did not say plural "friends" you can even assume she just gave away 6 cookies to one person only.

 

[Indiana]

It’s Trumps fault.