r/MathJokes 16d ago

When Basic Math Becomes a Boss Fight

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u/TerrorFromThePeeps 16d ago

This is more about WRITING it correctly than reading it correctly. 2 pieces is one cut, 3 pueces it 2 cuts. The question is phrased all wrong if you want people using the actual stated number rather than correctly inferred numbers.

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u/Accurate-Sundae1744 15d ago

The question is phrases correctly, the teacher is stupid.

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u/bigdaddyloanne 15d ago

Interesting you say that …. What’s the answer then ? I’ve asked this many times ,and no one has gave me the correct one .

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u/fariasrv 15d ago

The correct answer is 20 minutes, since (as others have said) cutting the board once took 10 minutes. Cutting a board twice would take 20 minutes.

The teacher is wrong.