3rd grade math

[bazookaman]

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

[datbeme]

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.

[Numo]

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.

[fauch]

Maybe they meant no side is MORE than 12 inches?

[Ombligo]

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)

[Lew Zealand]

Typo, no new math needs to be invoked.

[m.paris]

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.

[bazookaman]

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.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

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

That was understood.

[N-OS X-tasy!]

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

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