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title: "“3 is more than 1= ?” Teacher left stumped over incomprehensible Standard 1 Math questions"
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date: 2022-06-22
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# “3 is more than 1= ?” Teacher left stumped over incomprehensible Standard 1 Math questions

A primary school teacher who had more than 13 years of teaching experience recently took to Facebook to complain about a series o[f confusing math questions](https://www.facebook.com/xbgsx666/posts/pfbid0maWwWgcRUJdcbXaQA39gwiLGRkaMSLw42dKVq6YLHywqJsci9X1YexTnL4KjmswXl) 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= ?

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/image-983.jpg)Screenshot via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/xbgsx666/posts/pfbid0maWwWgcRUJdcbXaQA39gwiLGRkaMSLw42dKVq6YLHywqJsci9X1YexTnL4KjmswXl)

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:

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/lADPGSkSGLJ-3jNBf7NAzw_828_1534.jpg)Screenshot via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/xbgsx666/posts/pfbid0maWwWgcRUJdcbXaQA39gwiLGRkaMSLw42dKVq6YLHywqJsci9X1YexTnL4KjmswXl)

## 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.

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/lADPGSWEmg27xWjMls0DPA_828_150.jpg)

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/lADPGSH3G2j919_NAyDNAzw_828_800.jpg)

Some also wondered whether maths questions had to be constructed with the help of words, with one describing it as*** ***"mathematical literature".

![](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/lADPGTO6lKDV_A7M680DPA_828_235.jpg)

*Did you understand the question or were you super confused by it too? Let us know in the comments!*

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