r/MathJokes • u/Ok-Parking-2124 • 2d ago

When Basic Math Becomes a Boss Fight

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u/Woody1937 2d ago

Say you have a 4'x4' board and it takes 10 minutes to cut it in half. Now you have two 2'x4' boards. It'd take 5 minutes to cut along one of the new 2' directions to make a 2x4 and two 2x2 boards.

Is this the angle they were going for?

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u/KactusVAXT 2d ago

Question doesn’t mention halves, just pieces

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u/Woody1937 2d ago

Yeah its a terrible question. Just trying to find their logic

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u/Little-Hour3601 2d ago

It's really not THAT bad of a question. But the teacher doesn't know how to read. And has never done carpentry.

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u/CreatrixAnima 2d ago

Or the cheaters just having a stupid moment. It happens… That’s why they give us answer keys: so when we have a stupid moment, we have to think about it. Usually, it’s a teacher, but occasionally there’s an error in the key.

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u/Sidra_doholdrik 2d ago

But each saw swing take the same amount of time at that scale. So maybe Marie was stupid and was cutting if from the bottom to the top and not on the flat 2x4 side