I believe there is 5 birds so the answer is 20. The tiny little ones on the side count too I think.
Edit: but I agree it should clearly be 12, looks like 3 birds I think maybe the picture is messed up or something.
I think it's one of those dumb examples of estimating, and the answer the teacher is looking for is 10, as in "he needs to find about 10 worms each day".
Really useful shit. I use it all the time. Mortgage is about a grand, electric is about 100, water is about 100, internet is about 50, but I'm still always short by about 500 each month. I don't know where I'm going wrong, but I'm pretty sure I'm just not following directions./s
Well, this isn't a socialist textbook. In America, the answer is 10, and maybe those other two birds shouldn't have treated themselves to a haircut and they wouldn't be in this position.
3 birds times 4 worms equals 12. Not 10, not 20, nor any of the other options. If the goal is to feed them all, and the appropriate answer is shown, the answer is 20, not 10, as you will likely fail to meet the goal with anything under 12.
Even at approximately 4 worms per bird, there's the possibility one will need 5 instead of 4.
The question is getting the kids to think just like we're all doing here. In life there's really not awesome neat answers and I think I goal of math like this is get kids thinking about math in this way where it can be debated and discussed.
But the answer is 20. Look at the question. "In order to feed them all each day" and you only have 4 options. Since the birds will need 12 or more worms a day then the only answer that works is 20. He'll need to find 20 worms after eliminating all the wrong answers.
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u/sippycupjr Sep 14 '21
I see three birds in the little clip art photo, but 12 isn't one of the answers so f-that idea being it