A primary school teacher who had more than 13 years of teaching experience recently took to Facebook to complain about a series of confusing math questions he found in a Standard 1 exercise book.
In the post, Mohd Fadli Salleh wrote that the questions could’ve been crafted in a straightforward manner but was instead made complicated by the author.
The questions seem easy but not until you take a closer look at them. I felt like crying after explaining multiple times to my students and they still couldn’t understand.
3 is more than 1= ?
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If you were confused after reading the question, you’re not alone.
According to Mohd Fadli, the first question was actually asking students to subtract 1 from 3 but instead was written as “3 is more than 1”.
As for the second question, it was even more mindboggling as it was written as “3 is less 3 from (insert answer here)”.
He added that while the first question was manageable, the second question proved to be impossible and overwhelming for students.
Read his post here:
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From kindergarten straight to PhD
The post has since gone viral with over 10k likes and saw many equally as baffled as Mohd Fadli was.
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Some also wondered whether maths questions had to be constructed with the help of words, with one describing it as “mathematical literature”.
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