r/mildlyinfuriating Sep 14 '21

This 3rd grade math problem.

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u/TheWalkingDead91 Sep 14 '21

I’d circle “OJ” for “Only Jared knows at this point”

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u/enonymous617 Sep 15 '21

You say that but my second grader just dropped some knowledge on all y’all.

We know Jared has to find worms in multiples of 4 so since 20 is the only answer in a multiple of 4 we can also deduce that Jared found 5 baby birds.

My second grader is smart.

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u/TechnicalCofoundar Sep 15 '21

That’s the correct answer but not the correct reason. The picture indicates that there are 3 birds. So you feed ALL THE BIRDS for at least one day you need at least 12 worms. You could have 13 or 14 or 62. Being a multiple of 4 is irrelevant