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Re: 3rd grade math - bazookaman - 04-27-2016

Yes it's "whole" not "while". I'm typing on my phone for Pete sakes.


Re: 3rd grade math - datbeme - 04-27-2016

bazookaman wrote:
Yes it's "whole" not "while". I'm typing on my phone for Pete sakes.

Sorry...wasn't trying to be smart. I thought the original question really was that mucked up.


Re: 3rd grade math - Numo - 04-27-2016

If a student's parents are demanding and irresponsible, a teacher will often slip a question like that into the work he/she sends home with their child.


Re: 3rd grade math - fauch - 04-27-2016

Maybe they meant no side is MORE than 12 inches?


Re: 3rd grade math - Ombligo - 04-27-2016

Was it a worksheet or problem from the book?

Very few teachers write their own problems any more for a number of reasons (like avoiding charges that the work is not properly related to the state testing standards). That is especially true of math.

I'll bet it was a book provided problem or worksheet. I'll also wager that the book is a Pearson publication. That company is well known for mistakes in their class materials (yet Pearson is the leading standardized state test provider in the nation)


Re: 3rd grade math - Lew Zealand - 04-27-2016

Typo, no new math needs to be invoked.


Re: 3rd grade math - m.paris - 04-27-2016

fauch wrote:
Maybe they meant no side is MORE than 12 inches?

That was my first thought but that still leaves 11 x 9 and 12 x 8 so the area could be either 99 or 96. Something is obviously wrong (or I'm obviously delerious). At the very least, the wording should be 12 inches or more.


Re: 3rd grade math - bazookaman - 04-27-2016

Yes. It's a worksheet. Kids don't have books anymore. They have worksheets.

It's especially frustrating when she brings home her work and you have to guess how to work the problem b/c the worksheet doesn't have instructions on it.


Re: 3rd grade math - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-27-2016

bazookaman wrote:
Yes it's "whole" not "while".

That was understood.


Re: 3rd grade math - N-OS X-tasy! - 04-27-2016

Rick-o wrote:
I would like to see the solution to THAT problem! :bomb:

It involves imaginary numbers... and not the good kind. Big Grin